Speeding, not giving way or not doing a headcheck? Motorists divided over who to blame for Oakleigh sunset car crash

Who is at fault? A sunset crash on North Road, Oakleigh, has motorists questioning whether the dashcam driver was in the wrong or the car they collided with.

A sunset car crash in Melbourne’s southeast has the internet divided over who is at fault for the nasty collision.

Dashcam footage shows a car fanging down the far right lane of the multi-lane North Rd in Oakleigh, about to pass through the intersection with Guest Rd.

A black Jeep is shown trying to make a right turn out of Guest Rd, ostensibly without doing a complete check for oncoming traffic.

The driver said they were “heading down North Rd on the right lane”.

“Couldn’t really see the Jeep coming out due to vision obstructed by congested middle lane,” they posted.

“Too late to brake in time by the time I saw the Jeep.”

Footage of a sunset car crash in Oakleigh has people divided over who is to blame. Picture: Facebook

The post attracted more than 500 comments with people debating over who was to blame for the sickening crunch of cars.

“Why do people leave gaps in places that are not clear ways,” one woman wrote in defence of the poster.

“If you cannot clearly see both traffic lanes empty, then the side street car should not have moved. The amount of times I have had to slam on my breaks [sic] or manoeuvre out of the way drastically because someone was ‘being nice’ just stop.

“It always ends up in accidents.”

Footage of a sunset car crash in Oakleigh has people divided over who is to blame. Picture: Facebook

However, many suggested the driver was speeding in tough conditions, including low visibility due to the sunset, congested traffic and other cars braking around them.

“When traffic is banked up and cars in the left lane are completely stopped, it is probably a good idea to slow down a bit and exercise a bit of caution…” one man commented.

“Driving head on into the sun. Reduced visibility. Signs of traffic backed up. Driving with undue care. Regardless of who’s fault it is, you could have avoided it completely,” another wrote.

Many condemned the cultural leaning of Australians to “let someone in” even where there are no traffic lights.

“When will people learn not to stop in the middle of the road and let someone out on a 2 lane road! It’s so dangerous,” one man wrote.

“As always, people don’t understand that they should NOT be leaving a gap on a main road when it’s not a controlled intersection,” another woman commented.

“That’s a straight through road and you should NOT be giving way to exiting and entering traffic.

“People still remain clueless and still leave gaps causing accidents time and again.”