A man who was seen in heart-stopping footage drifting into innocent bystanders at a car meet has been banned from driving.

Albert Hall, 22, lost control of his purple Mazda, and sent it careering into people standing on a nearby pavement at a car meet in Peterborough.

The out-of-control car hit onlookers – causing serious injuries to one man’s head and leg.

Hall and fellow car enthusiast Jaymie Currie, 26, had been ‘drifting’ around a roundabout in Alwalton on September 2 when cops were called.

Police were handed shocking footage of the incident which shows a silver BMW driven by Currie sliding round the bend, followed by Hall’s out-of-control purple Mazda.

Jaymie Currie is seen driving a silver BMW in Alwalton

The car is seen drifting at a roundabout as crowds watch the car meet

Currie, the driver of the silver BMW, was already known to road cops, having previously been warned about his driving.

On July 1 last year, the 26-year-old was caught on video drifting around a roundabout at speed in a black BMW 320D with pedestrians watching in Werrington, Peterborough.

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At the time he was issued with an official warning, telling him that if he or the BMW was found to be involved in further anti-social behaviour, it could be seized.

Two months later, on September 2, police were called out to the car meet in Waterworth Road, Alwalton, after a purple Mazda MX5 collided with a pedestrian.

While there, video footage was passed to the officers of a silver BMW 320D drifting round a roundabout seconds before the collision.

Currie was identified as the driver of the silver vehicle and issued with a second section 59 warning within a 12-month period, meaning the car was seized.

The silver BMW was examined and several major defects were found, making it unroadworthy, dangerous to drive and in such poor condition it wouldn’t have passed an MOT.

Currie, of Earls Court in Fletton, was interviewed and charged with dangerous driving.

Albert Hall follows behind in a purple Mazda

The car quickly loses control 

Currie claimed he was unaware of the other defects. 

The racer appeared at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on June 28, where he was disqualified from driving for 18 months and ordered to carry out 140 hours of unpaid work.

The 26-year-old will also be required to pass an extended re-test before regaining his licence.

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Meanwhile Hall, of Stanwick, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, was charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

The 22-year-old, who drove the purple Mazda into the crowd at the car meet in September, has admitted the offence in court and is awaiting sentencing.

PC James Goose, from the Road Policing Unit (RPU) of Cambridgeshire Constabulary, said: ‘Currie has shown a blatant disregard for other road users by driving in a dangerous and anti-social manner, and is very lucky there was no collision which could have been fatal to onlookers, himself, or other road users.

‘I hope whilst disqualified he can take time to reflect on his actions and learn from this when it comes to completing the extended retest.

‘Car meets have been a problem in Peterborough for some time and they are something that RPU alongside other departments have been tackling.

The vehicle careers into the pavement

Pedestrians fall down as the out-of-control-car hits the pavement

PC Goose added: ‘Although these events are often intended to be good-natured for car enthusiasts, they can also become incredibly dangerous and can cause damage to the roads as well as potentially putting the community at risk.’ 

Cambridgeshire County Councillor Simon Bywater posted the shocking video on Facebook and said: ‘This is never acceptable and anyone doing this on our highways will be reported.

‘If you want to race and drive fast, get on a race track and do it safely and properly.’