Extraordinary footage captures a driver experiencing a unique encounter with a rare Siberian tiger as it suddenly crosses the road during the drive.

Dash-cam footage recorded in Wangqing County in Jilin, China, showed the vehicle moving along the road at around 9:12 am on February 7.

But just seconds into the video, the driver can be seen quickly slamming the brakes in the middle of the drive, after a Siberian tiger unexpectedly dashed across the road, nearly causing a collision.

Chinese media reported that nobody was injured during the incident, and the driver was able to continue the journey shortly after recovering from the shock.

The Siberian tiger, also known as the Amur tiger, is a population of the tiger subspecies Panthera tigris tigris native to the Russian Far East, Northeast China, and possibly North Korea.

It is listed as 'Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of threatened species, the Red Book of Russia, and classified in Appendices II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

Reports state that fewer than 600 Siberian tigers remain in the wild, while several hundred more are kept in zoos and nature parks worldwide.