Dashcam footage caught the moment a cyclist was flung into the air after being hit by a car.
The motorist had allegedly cut straight across a mini-roundabout near a primary school in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, before colliding with Jack Schofield.
The 27-year-old photographer was lucky to escape serious injury following the head-on crash with the Toyota Yaris on Thursday, reports LeicestershireLive.
Another driver happened to catch the incident in Burton Road, near Ashby Primary School on their dashcam before forwarding the footage to Jack who was taken away in an ambulance.
Stills show the cyclist being tossed up several feet along with his bike which he said was "trashed".
He avoided being seriously hurt but was left badly bruised with a broken toe and has vowed to claim damages for the bike, injuries and loss of work.
Jack said: “I’m really lucky, it’s phenomenal I wasn’t more injured.
“95 per cent of the time the outcome is the cyclist doesn’t walk away, but I think I’ve broken my toe and that’s about it."
Recalling the incident, he said: “There was a mini roundabout – one of the painted ones.
“I’m coming in to turn right and the car is coming from my left.
“But rather than letting me go or going around the driver has come the wrong way and drove straight into me.
“We crashed head on.
“She’s treated it as though there was no roundabout.”
Jack, who is from Leeds and competes in triathlons, was able to get back up and sit down nearby to catch his breath, with witnesses soon crowding round to check his condition.
An ambulance was called, and he spent five hours at Queens Hospital in Burton-on-Trent before being discharged.
He said: “The photos are grabbing, and I want drivers to see and think before they cut a corner or overtake a cyclist.
“If I can get one person to think twice about cutting a roundabout that’s a success.
“I’ve had friends who aren’t that lucky – as a cyclist you’re just so vulnerable.
“I’m incredibly sore, bruised and shaken - but luckily there was no lasting damage.
“I’m so immensely lucky to have walked away - there are countless scenarios where people barely walk away or come off much worse than me.”
A spokesman for Leicestershire Police said: "Shortly after 1pm on Thursday a call was received from a motorist reporting she had been involved in a collision with a cyclist in Derby Road, Ashby.
"She said she had contacted the East Midlands Ambulance Service on the cyclist’s behalf.
"The driver’s details were taken and enquiries into the incident are continuing."
