A 22-year-old driver, who had used cannabis and was not wearing a seatbelt, died after being thrown from his car in a high speed crash moments after a police car began pursuing him.

Irslaan Ahmed Afsar, was driving a stolen Toyota Auris and reached speeds of 78mph in the seconds before the crash, which saw the car hit a house, spin across the road and collide with a wall.

An inquest heard that the collision took place in Highgate Road, Queensbury, in February 2018, in the early hours of the morning.

Mr Afsar, of Sundown Avenue, Bradford, died of multiple injuries, including an "unsurvivable brain injury". Tests showed he had recently used cannabis which could have impaired his ability to drive.

Forensic collision investigator Andrew Cross said that data downloaded from the car showed the Toyota had been travelling at 78mph seconds before the crash took place.

It also showed that the brake had been used just before the collision, reducing the speed to 67mph - consistent with the speedometer which had "frozen" at 67-68mph indicating the speed at the point of impact.

He described how footage from the pursuing marked BMW showed Mr Afsar's vehicle cross on to the wrong side of the road, then return to the correct side to avoid an oncoming vehicle, before pulling out again due to a parked car.

A "left and right motion" could be seen, something Mr Cross put down to "too much steering input" and the driver lost control of the vehicle.

He added that it was 29 seconds from the pursuing police car illuminating its blue lights to the crash taking place.

He said that Mr Afsar had not been wearing his seatbelt, but sitting on it, at the time of crash, meaning he was thrown from the vehicle through the door which had been bent during the first impact.

"Using the seat belt in this way would offer no protection in a collision, allowing the driver to be thrown from the vehicle," he said.

He concluded: "I consider the main contributory factors to be the manner, excessive and inappropriate speed which the Toyota was being driven, ultimately leading to a loss of control."

Mr Afsal was taken to Leeds General Infirmary with head and limb injuries in the early hours of the morning, but died later that same day.

A postmortem examination revealed he had suffered multiple injuries, including a "catastrophic head injury" and that he had recently used cannabis, which was likely to have impaired his ability to drive.

The inquest had earlier heard that a traffic officer, who was driving a marked BMW, had spotted the Toyota, which was thought to be on false plates, and turned around to catch up with it.

After it failed to stop, the police officer said he reached speeds of 90mph in his pursuit.

The car had been stolen in a house burglary in September 17, it also emerged.

The jury inquest, held at Bradford Coroner's Court in front of assistant coroner John Broadbridge, found that Mr Afsar died as a result of a road traffic collision.