This is the shocking moment a car plunged into a huge hole that suddenly opened up in front of the driver.

CCTV footage shows a truck loaded with soil driving over the surface shortly before a large section of the tarmac collapsed in Bangkok, Thailand, on November 6.

The SUV trailing the 10-wheeler was stuck when its front wheels fell into the sinkhole during rush hour on the Ratchaprarop Road.

The driver, Jetaniphat Amsudjai, 46, had no time to react to the hazard. He was uninjured but he said the undercarriage of his vehicle was damaged.

Jetaniphat said: 'I didn't even see the hole in front of me. I just felt my car fall down and I had no idea what had happened. Fortunately, it was stuck on the edge and I didn't plunge into the earth.'

Supamit Laithong, director of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's drainage and sewerage office, said authorities made a slapdash attempt to secure the area by covering the hole with concrete slabs and rubber sheets.

The gap was later sealed with concrete, but road users had to wait for it to harden, he said.

Local media reported that the junction was temporarily closed until authorities deemed it safe to use. The scene was also reported to be part of an ongoing stormwater drainage project leading to the city's Makkasan pond.

Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said he has ordered the highway agencies to find the cause of the subsidence.

Bangkok police said they were reviewing the CCTV footage to find the truck driver for questioning.

However, locals pointed out the Gaza-like state of the city's road - despite it being one of the wealthiest countries in the region - and raised concerns of public funds disappearing into similar black holes.

Thailand has one of the world's worst road safety records and notoriously sloppy regulation and health and safety. Ministers have set the goal of reducing fatalities from 32.7 deaths per 100,000 people to 12 per 100,000 people by the year 2027.