'Crash for cash scammer' is caught on dashcam THROWING himself in front of an oncoming car in busy road (5 Pics)

This is the astonishing moment a cyclist lies down in the middle of the road and pretends to be injured - before being told to move on by a polite motorist.

Footage shows the man riding down the dimly-lit A52 in Nottingham before slumping off the bike and lying prone in an apparent crash for cash scam on April 2.

But when a passenger in the car behind points out that their vehicle has dashcam, he instantly leaps up and starts hurling obscenities.

'Excuse me, we've got a dashcam. You might want to get going,' Jack Campion, sitting in the passenger seat beside his girlfriend Elizabeth Aspey, politely tells him.

The man springs off the floor and walks menacingly towards the car yelling 'f*** you!'

He then turns and pulls his hoodie up over his head before walking towards his flourescent yellow mountain bike, which is lying on its side.

The cyclist suddenly grabs it and turns back towards the pair sitting in the car, raising it above his head as if threatening to smash their vehicle with it.

He then skulks over to the hard shoulder and begins pushing his bike away.

The couple slowly pass the strange man, who appears to be in his 20s, and continue on their journey after the bizarre incident.

Driver Ms Aspey told Newsflare: 'We were on our way home from Nottingham to Stoke at about 8.30pm.

'I thought he was just being an idiot in the middle of the road with his bike so I slowed down but then he threw himself on the floor! 

'I just count myself lucky that I wasn't alone and that I had the dashcam to film it all.'

Mr Campion added: 'When he threw himself to the floor, I remember thinking: "I can't believe this is happening".

'I just never though it was a situation which I would ever find myself in.

'I hope that people see this and become a little more vigilant about this kind of thing. It needs all of the awareness it can get.'

Ms Aspey's father Dave Reeves said: 'We're assuming that it was going to be an insurance scam of some sort.'

Crash-for-cash scams cost the car insurance industry £336 million pounds each year, according to the Insurance Fraud Bureau.