This is the moment a driver loses control of his wobbling caravan leaving it obliterated across the motorway.
Dashcam footage, taken by lorry driver Lee Flower, shows a truck travelling down the M5 – near Evesham in Worcestershire – when a red car towing a caravan comes speeding down the motorway.
The caravan then begins shaking violently from side-to-side as it overtakes the lorry.
The caravan continues wobbles until the driver loses control and careers across the motorway before crashing onto the hard shoulder.
Lorry driver Andrew Marsden – who is traveling in front Mr Flower – can be seen steering his 15.5 tonne vehicle towards the hard shoulder to give the struggling motorist time to straighten up.
He is forced to slam on the brakes leaving the caravan in a crumpled heap at the side of the road.
The 48-year-old says he stopped 10 feet away from crushing the car and killing the lone motorist whose caravan was completely destroyed.
Mr Marsden added if his lorry had been fully loaded to its maximum weight of 44 tonnes then he wouldn’t have stopped in time to avoid a fatal collision.
Dashcam footage, taken by lorry driver Lee Flower, shows a red car lose control as it speeds down the M5 motorway
As the car manages to come to a stop the caravan is tipped on its side leaving the holiday home in a crumpled mess on the side of the motorway
Mr Flower, who happened to be driving behind Andrew and caught the dashcam footage, says that when he checked on the driver he ‘looked white’ but didn’t have any injuries.
His footage has been posted online where users praised Mr Andrew’s ‘lightning reactions’ to avoid killing the ‘lucky’ motorist.
The father from Worcester, Worcestershire, said: ‘I just gripped the steering wheel, put my foot on the break and hoped for the best.
‘As I looked in my mirror he started wobbling and it looked like it was getting worse.
‘I started heading for the hard shoulder to give him some room in case he was able to straighten it up but then it went really wrong really quickly.
‘I went straight to the hard shoulder and the next thing I know he’s in front of me and the caravan is in lane three.
‘The HGV is still 15.5 tonnes empty and if that goes through him that’s going to kill him and I don’t think I could drive again after that.’
The RAC say towing issues can be caused by numerous factors including but not limited to incorrect loading, towball weight, crosswinds and speed.
Mr Flower, from Trowbridge, Wiltshire said: ‘Everyone is so lucky that nobody died. It could have been a lot worse.
‘I was going to overtake the lorry but I saw the caravan wobbling, I backed off then he wobbled and wobbled and crashed.
‘I looked in my mirror to see what was behind me because I knew this was going to get messy pretty quickly.
‘I don’t know what could have caused it. It might have been the slip stream from the lorries.
‘It was lucky the guy in front of me was empty because that helped with his stopping distance. If he was fully loaded he might have gone straight through him.
‘The lorry driver did well to stop.
‘When I checked he was alright he looked a bit white. He said he was alright but I told him he doesn’t really look it.’
West Mercia Police confirmed they were called about the incident but National Highways managed the situation so they didn’t attend.
A National Highways spokesperson said: ‘The incident took place at the side of the road and did not therefore impact on our network other than increased congestion.
‘We did not need to impose a road closure while the vehicles were recovered.’
