A South Gloucestershire drink-driver has been banned after his dangerous driving was captured on his very own dashcam.

Footage shows the 56-year-old man knocking down street signs, mounting kerbs, veering onto the wrong side of the road and colliding with a parked car, while driving at more than three times the legal limit.

A member of the public, who saw the offender's car strike a signpost, called the police and followed him back to his house.

Officers arrived just minutes after the offender arrived back home.

The incidents happened in the Gloucester Road area on August 12.

The man, from Patchway, was arrested and pleaded guilty to driving while unfit through drink at Bristol Magistrates' Court earlier this month.

He was sentenced to a 12-week suspended prison sentence, disqualified from driving for 30 months, fined £576 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a victim surcharge of £128.

PC Wayne Carhart, of Avon and Somerset Police's Roads Policing Unit, said: "The offender's own dashcam footage clearly shows the lack of control he had over his vehicle and it's frightening to see the risk he posed to other motorists, cyclists and pedestrians as he made his way home that day.

"There's absolutely no excuse for getting behind the wheel intoxicated; it can have devastating and life-changing consequences.

"We'd like to thank the member of the public who called this incident into us and we'd urge people to follow suit and report any incidents where they see someone getting behind the wheel having been drinking or taking drugs - it could save a life.

"Recent information published by the road safety charity Brake shows that even when someone is only just over the legal limit they are still six times more likely to be involved in a fatal collision than someone who has drunk nothing."