A quick-thinking customer leapt away as an out-of-control car hurtled into vehicles outside a shop.

The buyer had just climbed down his motorcycle with a sidecar when a silver SUV ploughed through the parking space in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, on February 4.

CCTV footage shows the shocked local backing away as the car shoved the motorcycles towards him.

He was shocked but quickly went to check on the driver with the others from the store.

The shop owner said: 'The two motorcycles were damaged. The car's front was also wrecked.'

Police and medics were called to the scene to assist in extracting the elderly female driver from behind the steering wheel.

Police said the driver told them she fainted and lost control of the car.

She sustained minor bruises on her left thigh and promised to cover all damage costs with her insurance.

Despite being one of the wealthiest countries in Asia, Thailand suffers from chronic underinvestment in its highways and education, contributing to its poor road safety levels. Only a handful of African countries are worse.

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.