A dramatic video has emerged of a motorbike pushed towards oncoming traffic after it was hit by a car.

The footage, shot on January 4 in Melbourne, Australia, captures the moment the bike continued its way, facing oncoming traffic, while the rider fell on the road.

"I looked up and a car appeared coming out of a service lane crossing two lanes and stopping in the middle," the rider wrote.

"I thought he saw me and I proceeded to pass but I was wrong," he added.

The rider came out of the accident with a broken left femur, thee fractured ribs, a punctured lung and a ruptured spleen.

I was riding down Nepean hwy in Cheltenham Melbourne Australia on my way to a date with a lovely lady when I looked back to see where the traffic was then I looked down at the Speedo, I looked up and a car appeared coming out of a service lane crossing 2 lanes and stopping in the middle.. I thought he saw me and I proceeded to pass but I was wrong.....