A light truck truck flipped on its side on a busy Western Bay road after it was involved in a collision with a car just south of Katikati yesterday afternoon.
The accident happened about 2pm on State Highway 2 near Hot Springs Rd.
Three occupants of the truck were travelling south towards Tauranga and the car was coming out of a commercial premises.
No one was injured.
The truck's driver, who did not want to be named, said if it were not for their seatbelts the outcome "could have been worse".