A container truck has slammed into a new safety barrier on Napier Street this morning and fallen in the path of a car that was following immediately behind it.

The car crashed into the container, sustaining heavy damage to its bonnet. The driver was lightly injured.

The busy street in Footscray was closed to traffic in both directions, and peak-hour trains on the Werribee/Williamstown corridor were delayed in the morning peak.

Police and the Metropolitan Fire Brigade attended the scene.