This was the scene after a BMW driver ploughed into a bollard while trying to escape police - minutes after crashing into a lamppost.
The driver suffered a broken arm after smashing straight into the barrier during the astonishing getaway attempt in south-east London.
He was apparently attempting to drive away from police by passing through a narrow gap in a row of bollards.
Officers were responding to reports of a BMW crashing into a lamppost at about 8.10am this morning in Overton Road, Abbey Wood.
They spotted a damaged BMW in nearby Maran Way shortly afterwards, prompting the pursuit.
A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said: "Police received a report of a car having collided with a lamppost at Overton Road.
"The vehicle, a black BMW, was located by officers and following a short pursuit the driver was detained at Maran Way."
A 20-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and taken to a south London hospital for treatment to an arm injury.
