Video of M56 crash shows heart-stopping moment car slams into central reservation after it's cut up
William Brown
Updated on March 16, 2026
THIS is the heart-stopping moment a Peugeot that's been cut up slams into a motorway's central reservation before being hit by a car.
Dashcam footage shows the grey hatchback travelling on the inside lane of the M56 near the Lymm Interchange in Cheshire on the evening of April 4.
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A white Audi in the middle lane suddenly veers into its path without indicating.
Desperate to avoid a smash the Peugeot driver slams on the brakes but begins to lose control of the vehicle.
It then careers across the two outside lanes before slamming into the central reservation where it is struck by a Volvo V60 driven by Ben Gorczyca, 25.
Ben, who captured the accident on his dashcam, said: “That car was my pride and joy and I fully expect it to be written off.
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“By the time we collided, I was probably travelling about 40mph.
“I was very glad to have been driving a Volvo at the time as the accident was completely out of my hands and the car did a very good job of mitigating any injury.
“Fortunately, we escaped with relatively minor injuries.
“I’m currently following the doctor’s advice for whiplash, a sore back, shoulders and arms.
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“My hands were cut quite a lot when the Peugeot struck the side of my vehicle putting in the driver side window which showering me with glass.”
Ben spoke to the Peugeot driver who visited the hospital the following day for head injuries.
Ben added: “After the initial shock and making sure everyone involved was ok, it quickly sunk in that the car I had bought and cared for so meticulously had been destroyed because I was in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
The Audi driver left the scene without stopping.
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A spokesperson for Cheshire police said: "At 6.21pm on 4 April police received a report of a three vehicle collision on the M56 Westbound near Lymm.
"A white Audi A4 or A5 left the scene of the collision and police have been trying to identify the driver.
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"Officers have reviewed the dashcam footage, and even though they enhanced the footage, have not been able to capture the registration of the car which left the scene. CCTV was also checked but the car was not captured.
"If anyone was in the area at the time and has dashcam footage, or has any information about the vehicle and driver of the Audi, they can contact police on 101 quoting incident number IML 27686.
If you have dashcam footage you can submit it to Cheshire Police by following by visiting here.
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