Skip to content

Dashcam: Caister driver captures own crash after 130mph dash

A man's own dashcam caught him driving at more than 130mph (209km/h) on a country road and overtaking cars through villages before he crashed on to a verge, say police.

The driver was followed by officers, who spotted him speeding on the A149 towards Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on 20 April, during the first coronavirus lockdown.

Joshua Tedstone, 21, of Peter Close, Caister-on-Sea, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving at Great Yarmouth Magistrates' Court. He was sentenced to 250 hours of unpaid work and banned from driving for two years.

PC Jon Turner-Evans said: "His driving was the worst I have witnessed in my 10 years as a police officer. It was a miracle that nobody was killed or seriously hurt."

3 December 2020

Coronavirus lockdown measures

Norfolk Constabulary

Explore More

Raymond Catterall sat in lorry holding phone which he is looking down at.

Watch as lorry driver distracted by phone crashes

Marjorie Taylor Green and Anthony Fauci

'You're mister, not doctor': Fauci grilled by Taylor Greene

Replica of 17th Century Spanish boat sailing towards Great Yarmouth.

Watch: Hundreds gather to greet Spanish tall ship

Smoke and flames rise from barn fire.

Fire crews called to large barn fire near A-road

Two women cycling around a round about on dashcam

Cyclist crash dashcam footage released by police

White van on the wrong side of the road after a dangerous overtaking manoeuvre on the A10 in Cambridgeshire.

Watch: Overtaking van narrowly avoids head-on crash

A starling murmuration flying over Great Yarmouth.

Stunning starling murmuration filmed over seafront

Scaffolding falling into the road and hitting a passing car.

Scaffolding and workmen fall on to passing car

Beds, Herts & Bucks

Dr Roland Salmon

Expert criticises supermarket and pub Covid rules

Dog wearing a Wales rugby scare with his snout held high as he howls

Watch dog's barking rendition of the Welsh anthem

A convoy of vehicles driving over Herring Bridge in Great Yarmouth to mark its official opening.

Convoy of vehicles marks official bridge opening

Dashcam from drink-driver

Dashcam shows driver mount kerb and crash

Josh and Mark Bowler

Officers halt motorbike theft brothers

He tried to evade officers, but lost control and crashed into a tree

Watch: Runaway driver rams police car

Circus performers

Watch: Circus acrobat falls from 'wheel of death'

Hugo Keith

Sunak asked about Whats App use - 'I'm not a prolific user'

Rishi Sunak

Sunak: I saw the PM probably more than I saw my own wife

Rishi Sunak

Watch: PM 'deeply sorry to all who lost loved ones'

Boris Johnson

Partygate reports 'million miles from reality' - Johnson

Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson gets choked up when giving evidence

Norwich City owner Mark Attanasio

Attanasio wants Norwich in top flight in five years

Mark Attanasio says he will "feel like I've failed" if Norwich do not get promoted in that time.

Three men including former New Zealand rugby player Zinzan Brooke are seen doing the haka in a pub.

Watch: Ex-All Black does haka in city centre pub

The pub-goer who filmed the footage says it was an "amazing surprise" to witness the dance up close.

A fireman walks away from flames at a fire at Carrow Road on 25 October, 1984.

Watch: Forty years since Carrow Road fire

Archive news reports show the extent of the damage to Norwich City's ground in 1984.

Norwich Library on fire in 1994.

Video shows 'total devastation' of 1994 library fire

Archive footage shows the aftermath of a blaze that destroyed a library and more than 100,000 books.

Ex-PM Liz Truss waiting to hear the result of the South West Norfolk count.

Watch: The moment ex-PM Liz Truss lost her seat

Slow hand claps can be heard as the candidates wait for Ms Truss to appear on stage.

Liz Truss on stage waiting to hear the election result

Slow hand claps for Liz Truss as former PM loses seat

People gathered to hear the election result for South West Norfolk waited for the former prime minster to arrive onto the stage.

Robby West with footballer Shane Duffy

Footballer avoids questions after drink-driving

The Norwich City player is banned from driving for three years.

Cars waiting at a flooded ford in Holme Hale, Norfolk.

Flooding: High water at Holme Hale ford

Video footage shows cars waiting at the edge of the ford as water rushes across the road.

CCTV footage of a car crashing into a postbox.

Car mounts pavement and crashes into postbox

The driver swerves to avoid a car turning a corner and narrowly avoids a mobility scooter.

Woman talking about Norwich City's loss against Leeds United

Norwich fans 'disheartened' after play-off drubbing

Fans criticise their side's "awful" performance as Leeds win the Championship play-off match 4-0.

Car crashes through barrier at level crossing.

Truck crashes through level crossing barrier

Dashcam video shows the moment a vehicle smashed through the closed barrier at high speed.

Peregrine falcon in its nest box on at Cromer parish church looking down at its egg

Church tower peregrine lays first egg of the year

The birds' nest is monitored by CCTV which shows both parents taking care of the egg.

CCTV footage shows the sports car bouncing off the bike racks and mounting the opposite pavement.

Ferrari crashes into city centre bike racks

CCTV footage shows the sports car bouncing off the bike racks and mounting the opposite pavement.

RNLI hovercraft commander Charlie Parfitt piloting her craft.

'It's easy to forget how amazing what you do is'

Charlie Parfitt is thought to be the only female rescue hovercraft commander in the UK.

New launching carriage for lifeboats being tested at Wells-next-the-Sea in 1958.

BBC Rewind: New lifeboat launcher tested in 1958

Archive footage shows the RNLI launching a lifeboat using a caterpillar-tracked vehicle.

Thetford Town Football Club manager Matt Morton, who came out as gay in 2019.

Footballer welcomes increase in openly gay players

Thetford Town manager Matt Morton says he is pleased other players have come out since he did.

Caitlyn who lives in the Queen's Hills area of Costessey where police found four bodies in a house.

Norwich bodies: 'It's just very scary'

Caitlyn, 17, tells the BBC the whole estate is "worrying" after the discovery.

BBC Verify tracking down the location in Attleborough where a laser was shone at an air ambulance helicopter

BBC Verify pinpoints laser incident location

The team uses geo-location software to locate the area of the town the laser was shone from.

Archive video from 1967 shows a man reluctant to move despite land around his house crumbling.

BBC Rewind: Man lives in home teetering over cliff

Archive video from 1967 shows a man reluctant to move despite land around his house crumbling.

Laser being shone at an air ambulance.

Watch: Laser shone at air ambulance helicopter

Video shows a bright green flashing at the aircraft, an offence officials say could endanger lives.