Dashcam vid shows driver smashes into van running red light – but who is right?

DASHCAM footage of a crash at a junction has divided online viewers over who is most to blame.

It shows a car accelerating off a green light and ramming a van that crosses its path after apparently running through a red signal.

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The impact of the crash sent the tradesman’s van rolling over on its side in Derrimut, a suburb of Melbourne.

Footage from inside the car was posted on a Facebook group called Dashcam Owners of Australia.

It shows the car waiting at a junction as lorries join the dual carriageway.

As the lights change to green, the white van approaches in the opposite direction and turns right – suggesting it may have run a red.

The car driver accelerates off the line and appears not to notice the danger or apply the brakes.

Some viewer took the motorist’s side and said the van could have come from the his blind spot.

“The dashcam does not have the same view as the driver and it’s entirely possible the drivers vision of the van lined up with their vehicle’s A pillar,” one comment said.

Others suggested the car driver could easily have avoided the collision even though he had right of way.

“One of you needs to go to Specsavers… and it wasn’t the dude running the red light,” one said.

Another said: “I hope the driver’s guide dog was all right.”

Some even claimed the motorist might have rammed the van on purpose, although it appears his car was badly damaged.

One said: “This driver decided to sacrifice himself to teach the van driver a lesson. Thank you for your service

“Might want to consider a t72 tank for your next vehicle. I hear they are going cheap these days…”

Another said: “The DC (dashcam) driver can reflect on the whole accident and can confidently say from his hospital bed, that he was in 100 per cent right, or he could’ve braked and swore at the other driver and forgotten about it tomorrow.”

Earlier this year another dashcam video showed two drivers jostling for space on a motorway in Australia.

Viewers were split as one car tried to veer across lanes and the other sped up to block it.

Another dashcam vid showed a cyclist smashing into a van driver’s windscreen in Portsmouth, Hants.

Plumber Ian Payne, 68, can be heard shouting to passersby: “That wasn’t my fault”.