A wealthy woman in China has been detained after she slapped and kicked the vehicle of another driver following a minor accident - even threatening to kill the other woman.

The accused, surnamed Lin, 38, from Zhejiang province in eastern China, was driving a Porsche on April 12 when she accidentally scratched a car owned by another woman, surnamed Huang, according to guacha.cn, a mainland online news outlet.

Rather than apologising or trying to find a solution, Lin began to kick and slap Huang’s car while threatening the woman that her husband - who she claimed was a member of China’s national football team - “could kick you to death”.

Lin’s husband was also involved in the attack in which both of them hit Huang’s car, forcing her to lock her vehicle out of fear for her personal safety. She then began to record the couple with her mobile phone.

It is unclear if Lin’s unidentified husband was also detained.

Lin was heard on the video uploaded to Douyin, China’s TikTok, yelling: “I am an online celebrity with over 1 million fans, and my husband is a member of the national football team. He can kick you to death!

“What a shabby car you are driving! We can afford to buy you four or five similar cars if we run into them,” Lin continued.

“Even if we killed you, we would only need to pay 200,000 yuan (US$28,000) as compensation. It’s a pretty small amount of money for us. You are only worth that little money.”

Huang’s daughter was heard crying in the video during the outburst while her mother tried to comfort her.

Huang reported the case to the police and later said on Douyin that Lin had been placed under administrative detention and ordered to take full responsibility for the accident.

“Police are still investigating the case. Her husband dared not appear at the police station but hid in the car,” said Huang.

Mainland media frequently cover disputes caused by minor car accidents.

In December last year, two drivers involved in a fender bender on a major street in Guangdong province in southern China simply stopped their vehicles in the middle of the road while they quarrelled, leading to a 3km-long traffic jam.

 - SCMP