The crash happened near Beckton on Newham Way around 8.30pm on Monday (June 30).
The A13 was closed for 12 hours towards London as a huge number of emergency service personnel and vehicles arrived to help.
In the video first shared by London Voice, the car can be seen skidding off the dual carriageway towards Beckton District Park.
Pictures of the aftermath show a bent billboard, behind which is the overturned wreckage of a silver car.
Despite the damage and sustaining serious injuries, the driver managed to get out of the car before firefighters arrived.
The 24-year-old was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
There have been no arrests.
A Met Police spokesperson said: “At 20:28hrs on Monday, 30 June police were called to Noel Road at the junction with Newham Way E13, following a report of a road traffic collision involving a vehicle that had collided with a bollard and a tree, then overturned.
“Police attended the scene along with colleagues from the London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance.
“The 24-year-old driver of the vehicle sustained injuries believed to be life-threatening and was taken to hospital for treatment.
“Anyone with information that could assist police, including any dash cam footage is asked to call 101 or ‘X’ @MetCC and quote CAD 7957/30JUNE.
“No arrests have been made at this stage.”
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 8.30pm yesterday (30 June) to reports of a road traffic collision in Mahindra Way, Beckton.
“We sent an ambulance crew, paramedics in fast response cars and an incident response officer to the scene. 
“We also dispatched a trauma team in a car from London’s Air Ambulance.
“We treated a patient for serious injuries and took him to a major trauma centre as a priority.”
A London Fire Brigade spokesperson said: “We were called at 2033 yesterday to reports of a road traffic collision near Mahindra Way.
“A car had collided with street furniture and a tree.
“One man had left the vehicle before firefighters arrived.
“Firefighters assisted in treating the man before leaving him in the care of the London Ambulance Service.
“Two fire engines and a fire rescue unit attended the scene.”
