An overloaded pickup truck spun out of control when its tires exploded.

The grey vehicle was carrying a huge stack of cargo on its bed along a highway when its rear tires burst in Phetchaburi province, Thailand on March 24.

Dashcam footage shows the grey car swerving after the explosion. A trail of brown dust was emitted from the back of the truck as the driver fought to keep the vehicle's balance.

Driver Siwadon Chantanasawee said: ‘The driver was fortunate that he didn't crash on the other cars around him. No one was hurt.'

The damaged pickup truck stopped in the middle of traffic and was later towed by officers. No one was reported hurt in the incident.

Thailand has one of the world's worst road safety records. Ministers have set the goal of reducing fatalities from 32.7 deaths per 100,000 people to 12 per 100,000 people by the year 2027.

However, a lack of road safety education in schools, cheap loans for cars, notoriously easy driving tests, police failures to enforce road laws as well as endemic corruption and chronic under-investment in infrastructure hamper the efforts.