This is the video being shared by police forces across the country in a bid to cut road deaths.

Driver Kyle Careford, 20, and his friend Michael Owen, 21, both died instantly when the red Renault Clio they were in crashed into a church wall in the early hours of Sunday, April 12 and overturned.

Michael had been videoing their journey as they sped at up to 90mph through the Sussex countryside and was pulled from his phone, found under a tree near the scene.

Now their families have supported the release of the video, which was shown at the inquest into their deaths in Hastings on Tuesday.

The inquest heard how the two had taken a cocktail of prescribed and illegal drugs that would have had a severely detrimental effect on Kyle's ability to control the car.

Kyle did not have a licence and was uninsured to drive the car.

 


 

On the video, the pair can be seen and heard laughing, chatting and singing as Michael appears to be giving Kyle a driving lesson before the car careers of the road and through a wall into a church.

Both men, who had been wearing seat belts, died instantly. 

Michael's mother Kat said: "We bring our children up teaching them right from wrong. We guide them and give them our advice and hope they listen, but once they are adults we hope they make the right choices.

"I really don't know why the boys chose to do what they did, but I blame them both for the decisions they made on this night.

"If all this stops one person from making the same mistake, then some good has come from showing this video. I'm hoping it will have an impact on young people and make them see that a bit of fun can have such devastating consequences.

"I would like all the young people out there to take notice and realise that you are not invincible and take seriously how precious your lives are to yourselves and others. I want young drivers to consider how much devastation it causes to the families and loved ones that are left behind.

"Watching the video was very upsetting, but I'm hoping it can be used in a positive way, by showing young people what could happen to them."

Deaths and serious injuries on the roads in Dorset rose from 362 in 2013 and 390 in 2014, an eight per cent increase.