TWO people were lucky to escape a horrific high-speed motor vehicle accident on Orange Road between Orange and Parkes on Thursday.

It is believed a female driver in her 20s, who was travelling west from Orange, veered on to the wrong side of the road, tried to correct and ran head-on into the car of a Parkes man heading towards Orange.

The man escaped with some minor cuts and bruises.

The woman was taken to Orange hospital by an ambulance with suspected concussion and possible fractures to her arm.