This is the spectacular moment a shooting star whizzed across the clear night sky in front of drivers.

The meteor was captured by residents on CCTV and dashcam recordings when it appeared above Bangkok, Thailand, on March 1.

The Thai Astronomical Society (TAS) confirmed that the large fireball spotted in the night sky was a meteor and not a piece of space debris.

Astrologer Wimut Wasalai from the TAS explained that the fireball could have been either a meteor or pieces of spacecraft, satellite, or rocket.

'However, as there were no spacecraft or rockets launched on that day, it was almost certainly a meteor,' he said.

A meteor, also sometimes called a shooting star or falling star, is a streak of light seen in the sky when a piece of rock or metal from space burns up as it enters the Earth's atmosphere.