August 16, 2017 11.16 am This story is over 79 months old

A close call! Car avoids crash with lorry on busy Lincolnshire road

The driver overtook three vehicles before narrowly missing the oncoming lorry.

A driver in Spalding had a very lucky escape after narrowly avoiding an oncoming lorry by inches.

The dashcam footage, posted on Spotted Spalding on August 10 shows the car on a road in Spalding overtake three vehicles before narrowly missing the oncoming lorry.

How close? Not the first one ….

Posted by Spotted: Spalding on Thursday, 10 August 2017

Residents in Spalding seemed to be shocked by the driver’s rush to overtake.

Emma Williams said: “Is it just me or was the first car silly enough to overtake on a bend anyway?”

Darren Pickering added: “This is the reason car insurance goes up.”