A herd of horses galloped through a residential street damaging several cars in their wake after escaping from nearby stables. 

The stampede of 12 horses can be seen racing through the streets of East Leake, Nottinghamshire.

CCTV footage shows cars having to brake in an attempt to avoid getting trampled on. 

Police were called to Bateman Road at around 5.15pm on Sunday.

Inspector Tim Cuthbert said: ‘The incident was safely resolved a short time later after officers assisted the owner to round up the horses.’

The stampede of 12 horses can be seen racing through the streets of East Leake, Nottinghamshire

A local told Birmingham Live: ‘It was a mad scene, one minute it’s a quiet Sunday evening and the next it’s like the Wild West.

‘Luckily the horses stampeded down the road at a quiet time otherwise someone could have got hurt.’

Another resident said: ‘My friend said his dad had parked his car but the horses dented it when they ran past.

‘They also went in people’s gardens and flattened the odd flowerbed but I hear they were all ok.’