THE trial of man accused of murdering a teenager by allegedly deliberately driving a quad bike off the road in his Ford Focus heard evidence from a collision expert.

Rahees Mahmood, 18, died from catastrophic head injuries when the bike crashed on Broadstone Way, Holme Wood, Bradford, shortly after 4pm on Thursday, June 3 last year.

The bike rider, Tommy-Lee Haigh, 19, was hospitalised with multiple fractures.

Jordan Glover, 24, from the Thorpe Edge area of Bradford, pleads not guilty to murder; manslaughter as an alternative count; causing grievous bodily harm with intent; and criminal damage. He admits causing death by dangerous driving.

PC Nicholas Brady-Smith, said the impact between the Ford Focus and the quad bike was ‘sustained’ with no significant loss of speed for either vehicle.

Based on the evidence he was presented with, he had formed the opinion that the collision was deliberate.

He said he had examined the crash scene that day when the overturned quad bike was still in position and had since watched zoomed-in slow motion footage of the impact.

A striated tyre mark in the road from the bike was followed by skid or locked wheel markings.

The quad had been rotated anticlockwise before leaving the carriageway.

PC Brady-Smith told the jury the speed difference between the vehicles was such that the faster Ford Focus had pushed on the back of the bike with ‘continuous contact’ over a distance.

The car, recovered by the police from Leamside Walk and put into secure storage, had front-end damage. Fluid from a damaged pipe was found at the collision site, the registration plate was damaged and red scuffing on the bonnet was similar to the colour of the bike.

PC Brady-Smith said there were no defects to either vehicle that contributed to the collision.

He said both the car and the bike were travelling at speed in the 30mph zone before the impact.

In his opinion, the quad bike did nothing to ‘generate the collision’ by braking or changing course.

PC Brady-Smith said the impact happened because the Ford Focus was going faster and caught up with the bike.

He told the jury that the car looked really well controlled and the collision would not have occurred naturally.

It had crossed from the offside carriageway to its correct side suggesting it was doing what the driver was asking it to do.

The jury watched CCTV footage of Glover after he left the collision scene.

He was caught on camera in Pit Hill Park and buying cigarettes and a lighter from a local shop.

He was arrested on June 6 from an address in Bradford.

Glover told the police he ‘categorically denied murder’ and had no intention of harming anyone when his silver Ford Focus struck the back of the bike killing its passenger, Rahees Mahmood.

The jury at Bradford Crown Court heard a prepared statement that was read out to the police by Glover’s solicitor during the interview process.

In it, Glover said he did not have a full driving licence or valid insurance but bought the Ford Focus to ‘fix up’ and sell on.

He was chilling with friends on the Holme Wood estate when a moped and quad bike arrived in Felcourt Drive. He said that people on the vehicles were armed with machetes and he feared he would be injured or killed.

Glover said he was afraid for family members and children on the street. He was in a state of panic about the moped and quad bike and wanted to ‘drive them out of the area.’

He continued: “I did not deliberately drive into the quad bike. The collision was an accident. It was wholly unintentional.”

He told the police he was not a part of any gang in Holme Wood but had been threatened by males armed with machetes. He had moved out of the area to avoid being ‘in the crosshairs’ of any violence.

The Crown alleges that Glover deliberately rammed the quad bike during ‘a hot pursuit.’

The trial continues.