A clip of a motorist passing a 5-year-old cyclist has gone viral after the boy's father posted it on Twitter.

The video was shared by presenter Jeremy Vine with the caption: "Look at how close this car approaches the child. Who is in the wrong? Is it the 5-year-old, or is it the driver of the Ford?"

Savid Javid, MP for Bromsgrove, replied saying: "The 5-year-old's father."

The footage, captured on November 3, in Kingston upon Thames, London, shows the father and son approach a section of the road made narrow by cars parked on either side.

The boy is heard asking his dad: "Should I pull over to the side?"

His father replies: "No you're fine, carry on."

The motorist doesn't stop and drives through the gap as the 5-year-old cycles through too.

His father is heard saying: "What you doing?!

"That drive absolutely should've stopped."

He later told Newsflare: "I was cycling with my 5-year-old son to his school, as we do every single day.

"In the video my son sees a car approaching in the opposite lane and asks if he should pull over. I instruct him, based on my years of experience and training, to continue but the driver does not give way as they're supposed to and continues to drive at my son."

I was cycling with my five year old son to his school, as we do every single day. It was taken on Thursday 3rd November around 7.30am in Kingston Upon Thames, London.
In the video my son sees a car approaching in the opposite lane and asks if he should pull over. I instruct him (based on my years of experience and training) to continue but the driver does not give way as they're supposed to an continues to drive at my son.