<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A dangerous crash in Adelaide, which was caught on camera, has prompted a call for all CBD speed zones to be dropped to 40 kilometres an hour.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The footage shows a vehicle travelling down Gilbert Street, accompanied by the sound of screeching tyres. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The car then swerved, appearing to lose control, before spinning across a footpath and overturning. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/finance/australian-dollar-increase-china-us-trade-talks/6ec89de6-e465-4435-9eb9-79356ab33917"><strong><span>Aussie dollar gets fresh boost, and economists have even more good news</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We heard this enormous thump, it was really bad. And we all raced out," a local resident said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The driver, a 21-year-old from Daveron Park, and his passenger escaped the vehicle through the sunroof. They suffered only minor injuries. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When contacted by 9News, the driver's father said his son is in hospital, and that he didn't mean to cause the crash. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/adelaide-cbd-crash-call-40kmh-speed-limit/fccc9b17-3733-4a13-a8e2-042cd7f0fe12" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Maybe the road was too slippery and windy… so that might be the reason," he said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When asked if his son was driving dangerously, he replied, "no, I don't think so".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/finance/australia-economy-2026-outlook-oxford-economics-report/5fec4592-2192-49a6-b46b-97d50a12d858"><strong><span>New financial 'pain' coming for Aussies - but there's a silver lining</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>However, residents have expressed concern about driver behaviour on Gilbert Street. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"A child or person is going to get killed… it's like a racetrack," one local said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Because we don't have any speed bumps here, or pedestrian crossings, people think it's open slather, so they just go for it and they press the pedal down and it's very dangerous" another added.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Adelaide City councillor Keiran Snape is now calling for lower speed limits.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We need to make the streets safer for everyone, that's why today I'm calling for a 40km/h speed limit blanket, throughout the city of Adelaide," he said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The driver has been reported for driving in a dangerous manner and for the misuse of a motor vehicle.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of</span></em><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div>