Watch: car driving in the wrong direction on A303 on Boxing Day with Hampshire police investigating crash

Officers were called after at 6.48pm on Monday 26 December to reports that a car was travelling in the wrong direction on the A303 westbound.

Social media users caught the terrifying incident on video, with clips posted online.

One person posted on social media and said: ‘I have just spent a lovely day with my daughter and granddaughter but I nearly didn’t make it home.

‘Passing Andover on the A303 I encountered a car driving the wrong way down my carriageway. Thankfully I was in light traffic at the time.’

Police are now investigating a two-car collision that occurred shortly after the incident, causing minor damage to both vehicles.

No injuries were reported.

A spokeswoman from Hampshire Constaulary said :’We attended and enquiries into the circumstances of the collision are ongoing.’