Shocking footage from dashboard and helmet cameras has been sent to the Telegraph & Argus as part of one man's terrifying daily log of near misses on his way to work and back.

Experienced driver and rider David Birch, 58, of Allerton, commutes through Bradford to work in Leeds.

In an effort to keep himself safe and covered from reckless road users, he records his journey each day.

The 58-year-old engineer, who is also chairman of Bradford's Royal Air Forces Association, said lives were at risk on the district's roads because of bad drivers.

He has regularly contacted the police's dedicated nuisance bike team to pass on information, but said more needs to be done to educate people whose road skills are dangerously lacking.

"They have to be educated about the consequences of their poor actions. Barely a day goes by when I don't see some stupid driving putting lives at risk. My camcorders are an essential part of my car and bike kit to protect myself," he said.

One of the worst near-misses he recorded this year was in Cross Lane outside St Oswald's Primary School when one driver appeared to overtake waiting traffic at red crossing lights and a group of children have just seconds to jump back out of the vehicle's way and it speeds by.

"It could have been carnage," said Mr Birch, who handed over the footage to police who tried to trace the driver. He added: "I never heard anything back so it didn't look likely."

Another clipping captures a motorbike on a dark night with no lights and its rider with no helmet skidding between cars in the snow on a slushy city road.

Other footage showed a driver apparently carrying out a right-hand handbrake turn in busy Leeds Road, spinning into a side road and narrowly missing a set of roadworks.

In one clip, a motorist appears to jump a red light in Hall Ings, Bradford, at a junction that is among Bradford Council's so-called 'Sites for Concern.'

In another alarming incident, dashcam footage was sent in by another T&A reader, Dave McCue, of a car travelling the wrong way down the Manchester Road dual carriageway, driving against two lanes of oncoming traffic.

A police spokesman said: "Police in Bradford remain committed to improving driving standards in the district through the work of our roads policing officers and partners.

"The Bradford District nuisance vehicle team has already made more than 200 seizures of illegal and nuisance vehicles this year and continues to act on public information to tackle these motorists and, where appropriate, seize their vehicles.

"Examples of bad driving can be reported either by using the 101 non-emergency number or, where there is thought to be an immediate risk to the public, by calling 999.

"Information can be sent to bradforddistrictasbbiketeam@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk, reported at your local police station, or left on the bike team's answerphone service on 01274 373968.

"All motorists are reminded of the responsibility they have to other road users, to make sure they are driving safely and in accordance with the law and the conditions of the road."

Dave Nichols, spokesman for Brake, the road safety charity, said: “Risky, dangerous and aggressive driving is all too common on our roads and these selfish manoeuvres are putting Bradford people’s lives at risk. Illegal overtaking is clearly unacceptable and offenders should receive stiff penalties. Where it is legal, we’re urging all drivers to avoid overtaking on roads unless absolutely essential and 100 per cent safe.”