POLICE officers are trying to identify a man who stopped a woman while driving late at night near Wotton-under-Edge and angrily banged on her window and tried to open her car door.

Shortly before 11pm on Sunday (January 14), police were informed of the incident which happened while the woman was driving her blue Ford Fiesta on the B4058 towards Stroud.

She was stopped in the Holywell area on a tight bend when a man ran out in front of her car waving and shouting for her to stop.

Once she had stopped the car, he went over to the passenger side and angrily banged on the window and tried to open the door.

Another car overtook the stationary vehicle which distracted the man, allowing the woman to continue her journey.

Officers are trying to trace the man, who was between 35 and 40 years of age and wearing dark clothes and a hi-vis jacket, and are appealing for anyone with any information to call 101 quoting incident number 416 of January 14.