Heart-stopping moment truck narrowly avoids nasty head-on collision with a van

By NICHOLAS COMINO FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 06:06 BST, 11 April 2025 | Updated: 06:30 BST, 11 April 2025

A shocking near miss between a van and a truck in Sydney’s southwest has been captured on dashcam, sparking outrage online. 

The footage shows a van driving along Campbelltown Road at Bow Bowing around midday on Wednesday, when a truck suddenly veered onto the wrong side of the road coming dangerously close to a head-on collision. 

The driver of the van swerved sharply to the left to avoid impact but suffered significant damage on the right-hand side oft the vehicle. 

The car with the dashcam, driving just behind the incident, quickly pulled onto the roadside as both the van and truck came to a stop.

NSW Police attended the scene shortly after. 

A spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia that ‘no one was under the influence of alcohol or drugs’. 

The incident is not being treated as suspicious.  

Both drivers exchanged details and were unharmed. 

The moment of impact caught on dashcam by the driver behind the two vehicles

The van suffered damage along its right hand side door

The footage has since gone viral on social media, with some pointing to the irony of ‘Please Drive Safely’ bumper sticker on the front of the van. 

‘How ironic he has a ‘PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY’ sign on the front of the truck. Applies to everyone but him,’ one person wrote.

‘He just wanted to ensure that the van driver could read the sign: “PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY”,’ a second joked. 

Others called for the truck driver to face further consequences.

‘Loss of his truck licence permanently,’ one person wrote. 

‘Disgraceful behaviour on all accounts by the truck driver,’ another agreed. 

Others praised the quick-thinking driver with the dashcam. 

‘Pretty nifty swerve and evasive action by the dashcam driver. Lots of people would have panicked and continued straight,’ one said. 

The truck that veered onto the wrong side of the road bore a ‘Please drive safely’ sign

‘[Dashcam] car did very well to get out of that unscathed,’ added another. 

It comes just a week after a fatal crash on the Hume Highway at nearby Blair Athol.

Two trucks collided early on April 4, causing one of the vehicles to roll and burst into flames, causing the death of the driver inside. 

Investigations into the Blair Athol crash are ongoing. 

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Heart-stopping moment truck narrowly avoids nasty head-on collision with a van

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