This is the terrifying moment a family hatchback crashes into a lorry at 50mph – and is shunted along the carriageway for 100 yards.

A dashboard camera mounted in the truck captures the Honda Civic as it attempts to pull onto the M25 between two lorries.

But the driver badly misjudged the space between them and the clips front wing of the rear lorry – causing it to flip sideways and parallel to the front grille.


Despite the perilous situation, the lorry driver remains composed and calmly brings his vehicle and the Honda safely to a standstill on the hard shoulder.

This is the terrifying moment when a lorry is caught on camera shunting a car side-on on the M25 (Picture: SWNS)

The driver of the Honda tried to claim against the lorry driver (Picture: SWNS)

Miraculously, no one was seriously injured in the dramatic collision, with news of the crash only emerging after the driver of the Civic filed a whiplash claim.



He was blaming the lorry driver for the crash – but the trucker had a camera fitted to his dashboard which filmed the whole incident.

The video proved the Honda driver was responsible and his claim against the HGV driver’s insurance was thrown out.

Simon Marsh, managing director of SmartWitness, said: ‘Increasing numbers of motorists are using CCTV cameras to protect themselves against fraudulent injury claims.’