This is the moment a police chase took a death-defying turn as a criminal charged down the wrong side of a dual carriageway in a stolen Ford Mustang.
Martin Stokes, 20, threatened to murder officers at the scene during his eventual arrest when they discovered a 15-year-old child was in the back of the car.
Drivers had reported Stokes to the police for dangerous driving on the M4 westbound at 9pm on July 8.
Officers rushed to the scene and, on catching up with him, attempted to pull him over. But Stokes accelerated in the stolen Mustang.
He reached the junction 15 roundabout just outside Swindon and went around it the wrong way, straight away nearly crashing head-on with two police cars in pursuit.
Then he joined the A419 heading north on the southbound carriageway - driving against the flow of traffic for about 3.6 miles (5.9 km) before exiting onto the A420.
Dramatic footage of the chase shows Stokes' terrifying near misses, going head-on against motorcyclists, cars and lorries.
Meanwhile, officers sped to stay with him on the other side of the road. Police said he put 'hundreds' of people's lives at risk, including his own and the child's in his car.
Martin Stokes, 20, drove the wrong way up a dual carriageway with a 15-year-old in a stolen Ford Mustang and threatened to kill police officers and paramedics
Officers said he put 'hundreds' of people's lives at risk as he sped up the wrong way of the A419 - heading north on the southbound carriageway
Footage from a police squad car on the A419 as Stokes nearly collides with it head on
He repeatedly rammed police cars on the A420 just outside Watchfield in an attempt to escape.
But officers finally managed to stop his rampage using tactical contact with their squad cars. The high-speed chase had lasted at least seven minutes and went over several death-defying miles.
Cops boxed him in with their cars, threw open the dented driver's side door and hauled Stokes out.
It was then, after denying he had been the one driving, that Stokes threatened to kill officers and two critical care paramedics. He is seen in the video saying: 'You're lucky that driver didn't kill you, man.'
Stokes' face was covered in blood, and he said his nose had been broken. Once in cuffs, he begged police to let him fight an officer.
He said: 'Let me up with him. Just you and me, one on one, let us have it one on one.'
He added: 'I'm telling you I'm gonna hurt you when I see you again. You're going to hurt this time. I'm going to kill you.'
He then tried to smash his way out of the metal cage in the back of the police van.
On his way to the hospital, he threatened to 'drive a jeep straight over the top' of one officer to 'kill him stone dead' and said he would 'follow him home'.
Martin Stokes, 20, was jailed for two years and eight months after pleading guilty to 13 offences at Swindon Crown Court
He had driven against the flow of traffic for about 3.6 miles (5.9 km) before exiting onto the A420
Police finally managed to box him in and arrest him. The bloody-faced criminal then threatened to kill two police officers and two paramedics
At Swindon Crown Court, Stokes pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, failing to stop, two counts of assaulting an emergency worker, criminal damage, driving whilst disqualified, four counts of threats to kill, using a vehicle without insurance, and two theft offences.
One of the theft offences occurred at the Go Outdoors shop in Swindon in June when Stokes stole several high-value items.
He was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison today and disqualified from driving for six years and four months.
Trainee Detective Constable Ben Greening, of the Roads Policing Unit, said: 'Stokes' manner of driving on the day in question has to be some of the most dangerous driving I've witnessed.
'Even after his arrest, Stokes continued his aggressive behaviour, making threats to kill officers who had been carrying out their duties to protect the public and critical care paramedics who were present in trying to provide Stokes with first aid.
'This sentence reflects the seriousness of his offending and the significant danger he posed to our communities that evening.
'His actions were completely unacceptable and he has rightly been held accountable for them.
'We will always take robust action against those who choose to use our roads in such a dangerous and criminal manner, and I hope this outcome sends a clear message that this type of behaviour will not be tolerated.'
There has been a spate of driving on the wrong side of motorways and dual carriageways across the British Isles in the last few months.
PC Tom Clough (left) and PC Matthew Places and five young men were killed in a wrong-way crash on the A66 near Middlesbrough on August 22
Five teenagers were killed, and a family of four - including a seven-year-old boy - were left seriously injured in a wrong-way crash in County Kildare on August 18
Two police officers and five young men were killed in the early hours of August 22 on the A66 at South Bank, near Middlesbrough.
PC Matthew Places and PC Tom Clough were killed on impact with the Volkswagen Passat.
Those in the Volkswagen - Michael Robert Cahill, 23, Jakub Matusiak, 23, Makai Saddington, 18, and 17-year-olds Theo Rae and Cole Robert Worthy - were all killed.
Four of these five men had previous convictions, including for assaulting police officers, Cleveland Police revealed.
In Ireland, just six days beforehand, five teenage boys were killed in a crash on the M9 Northbound at Junction 3 in County Kildare when driving on the wrong side of the road at 3am on August 16.
Joey Carthy, 15, Alex McCarthy, 16, Jack Kennedy, 17, Kamil Pustkowski, 17, and Jeremy O'Brien, 18, were all killed in the crash.
They collided with a family on their way to the airport for a wedding in the UK. Sisters Ella, Niamh and Alma Kinsella, all in their 20s and 30s, and Alma's seven-year-old son were all left with serious injuries. Two of the women were in critical condition.