A reckless motorcycle rider is hit by a car after riding the wrong way down a motorway - then trying to perform a u-turn in front of oncoming traffic.

The female motorcyclist was picked up on CCTV cruising down the side of the road in the face of speeding vehicles in Samut Prakan, Thailand, on September 16.

She pauses for a moment before trying to cross over to the central reservation turning point in order to rejoin the cars heading the correct way.

But she pulls out straight into the path of an oncoming silver Toyota Camry and was knocked over onto the tarmac after the incident at 8am in the morning. The woman was seriously injured and taken to hospital where she has been since the accident.

Lieutenant Colonel Thipawadee Yoosap said: ''This was a serious traffic collision and the driver of the car cannot be held responsible. Surveillance cameras show clearly that it was caused by the reckless behaviour of the motorcycle rider.''