logical?

.
No. Which side of the road do you drive on in your country? Why would you change lanes in turning? Is this an expressway or a surface road? (So many questions, so little time....)

Let's say there's are two lanes in each direction. I'm driving t

.

A car on the intersecting road was heading toward me as I turned onto the road. Before I merge into the slow lane, the car hit the back fender of my car.

I think the problem is a combination of brevity and slightly unexpected terminology. I suggest something like:

A car was entering the intersection from the right as I turned left onto the crossroad. Before I

Your version sounds very clear to me. But it seems like you feel there's something unnatural about the way it's described. Could you give me some idea?

Also, can I replace crossroad with intersecting road?
Thank you MM.

New2grammarAlso, can I replace crossroad with intersecting road?

The junction in your diagram is called a four way stop. Is the junction in your scenario a four way stop. To give this some more meaning you need to talk about priority.

I agree that this remains as much a problem of logic as of the proper words.

If you are turning left, and car that was on the road that you were turning on to hit you, but you had a four-way stop, then it seems you had started turning first and that person ran the stop sign and hit you.

If you were turning left and the car that was already on that road hit you without a four-way

.

can I replace crossroad with intersecting road?

The names are various-- a crossroads, an intersection, a 4-way stop, a 4-way junction-- but 'intersecting road' is just an attempt to describe it.