A motorist with a dashcam captured the moment a Jeep Wrangler JL T-boned a Chevy Traverse that was trying to make a left turn.
The dashcam video of the incident, which happened in Hardeeville, South Carolina earlier this month, was uploaded to the ViralHog YouTube channel this week. The clip begins as the cammer approaches an intersection with a white first-generation Chevy Traverse driving in front of them. The Traverse then approaches an intersection with a green light and turns on their left turn indicator as they prepare to turn onto a side street. The Traverse then waits for a red Ford Edge to pass before attempting to initiate the turn when they are suddenly T-boned by a bright orange colored Jeep Wrangler JL.
Neither the driver of the Chevy Traverse nor the Jeep Wrangler JL was paying full attention in this instance, it seems. The Chevy driver could have easily waited for the Jeep to pass before turning as they were already in the intersection when the light was green, but the Jeep driver seemingly had plenty of time to slow down to avoid striking the Traverse with the speed that they did. It also looks as though the Jeep makes no attempt to brake or steer to avoid hitting the Chevy.
This is an unfortunate crash that wiped out two relatively new vehicles, but all that matters was that no one was seriously injured. The Jeep driver was seen exiting the vehicle under their own power at the end of the clip, but there’s no word on if the Traverse driver escaped major injury.
Side-impact car accidents kill between 8,000 and 10,000 people each year, which is more than rear-end and head-on collisions combined, according to data obtained by Florida-based law firm Goldman Babboni Fernandez & Walsh. For that reason, it’s always smart to remain patient and take extra care when turning left at an intersection.
Check out the clip embedded below.
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OOF!
all they need is left turn lanes and traffic signals at intersections
Should be mandatory by now.
The Chevy, Did turn in front of the Jeep, & It seems Both were at fault. But I played it twice, & the Jeep is definitely running Faster than any other traffic in the area. The Chevy makes a Slow turn. I’m a Trucker, & I see this all the time, as I have to brake for the Slow turners. Weather it be turning right or left, get the hell ON! What are you waiting for? In This case, the Chevy was waiting to get hit. Not saying it was on Purpose, just too damn Slow turning!
Same thing happened to me in August. Driving along in my 2000 Silverado 2500 with a month old tranny in it and a guy in a BMW made a left turn in front of me at an uncontrolled intersection. No time to react as I was already in the intersection when he turned. Totaled both vehicles, injured my wife. He told the police he didn’t see me as he was looking in his rear view mirror. Totaled my pandemic project truck that I had running great. Just put a new ac compressor in it two weeks before but even worse, 20 minutes before the wreck I put $55 worth of gas in it! Now shopping for a new vehicle to pull my Travel Trailer. Insurance did ok but not enough to replace the truck given today’s used vehicle prices.
What does a month old tranny have to do with the price of tea in China? Just state your message without all the bs that has absolutely nothing to do with the post……
I was in a similar accident. My vehicle would be the Jeep.
The other guy turned in front of me and was ticketed. He tried to say my speed was excessive but the highway patrol said my speed was not a factor as he made an illegal left turn.
A number of people reported to the trooper he had been driving all over and they suspect he was texting.
You gotta be careful nowadays insurance scams are on the rise I live in a big city and some of these people do it on purpose. Or they barely rear end you just enough that you would get out and look and then you get robbed. Shyts crazy
Yes it is a global issue and why many in other countries have in car video.
Yup exactly. I am one of those people I watched a good number of YouTube videos years back of these kind of incidents and road rage incidents after that I got 2 dashboard video cameras, one on the front dashboard facing in front of me and one in the rear window facing behind. Better to be safe then sorry. It just sucks you even have to worry about people doing stuff like this. Go watch some of those videos they are crazy what some of these people try to get away with.
The Jeep got pissed because the Chevy should have waited; and the dude said, “Oh yeah…”
It was a big FU to the Chevy. We’ve all been there; and thought about doing exactly what the Jeep did. They are both at fault.
How is the Jeep at fault again? He had a full green light and the traverse tried to get hit.. plain and simple..
The Jeep’s speed appears to be faster than the rest of the traffic.
The Traverse should’ve waited his turn.
The Jeep should’ve slowed down once he saw the Traverse turning.
The Traverse should’ve sped up once he realized the Jeep was still coming.
People need to be more cautious and deliberate in their driving. It’s not a race.
I’m a professional driver with a CDL. The Chevy is definitely wrong. Vehicles making a left or right turn must yield to oncoming traffic unless making a turn on a traffic control signal. That’s driving 101. Regardless if the Jeep was traveling above the posted speed (was not determined), the Jeep still has the right-of-way.
Jeep had right of way, simple.
Agreed, looks like the Jeep was going way too fast and not paying attention.
I just drove through that intersection this AM on my way to work…
Anyways…at least now the Chevy won’t need timing chains as they send that 1st gen traverse to the Savannah LKQ…
Chevy was at fault plain and simple! Speed was not a factor! The inability to judge speed and distance was! Jeep did not have to yield as he had the right of way! The Traverse did not adequately calculate the speed of the Jeep! He appeared to snap shot the situation and assumed he had enough time! Had he waited to visually focus on the Jeep to judge speed! He would of realized he did not have time to make the turn!
they ask a 90 year old driver why she never had an accident and she said she never makes a left turn across traffic. you make 5 rights and you can get the same place.
The jeep had the right of way was traveling to fast and hit the chevy full on it looks completely on purpose no brake no steer excess speed I can’t see in the video but there could have been something in front of the chevy been driving over thirty years run in to this all the time jeeps fault for being to
aggressive
You really think someone purposely smashes a car that could buy three of the other! It’s no different then someone brake checking you and you rear end them! your still at fault for not allowing enough space to allow time to brake safely!
Traverse should have waited for the Jeep to pass absolutely nothing behind the Jeep. Traverse got what it deserved! Traverse could have waited 2 damn seconds for the Jeep to pass!
The guy in the traverse is 100% at fault, the jeep had the rightaway. The idiot took forever to make a simple turn, while pulling out in front of on coming traffic, simple as that.