AN UNINSURED driver has pleaded guilty to fleeing the scene of a three vehicle crash he caused, which saw two cars forced off the road and left one man seriously injured.

Christopher James Roberts, aged 28, admitted driving without due care and attention, failing to stop after a road traffic accident and driving on a road without insurance when he appeared at Weymouth Magistrates' Court.

Police prosecutor, Chris Baker, told the court that Dorset Police were called to a three-vehicle road traffic collision near The White House, on Shaftesbury Road, Kington Magna at around 6.20pm on July 28, 2021.

He said: "It is believed that Mr Roberts crossed onto the wrong side of the road and collided with a BMW.

The car being driven by Roberts, of Ten Acres, Shaftesbury, was said to have forced the BMW off the road and into a hedge. Roberts' car was said to have then continued and collided head on with a second vehicle, a Volvo, which was also forced off the road and into a telegraph pole.

Mr Baker said: "Extensive damage was caused to all three vehicles."

When the collision occurred Roberts was seen by the driver of the Volvo and another witness to exit the Vauxhall Astra and leave the scene of the crash, climbing over a fence and running across a field.

As a result of the collision the BMW driver suffered a fractured ankle and was taken to Yeovil hospital for treatment.

Officers attending the scene saw cans and a bottle of alcohol in the car as well as Roberts' wallet which contained his bank cards.

Mr Baker said the Vauxhall belonged to Roberts' girlfriend and said he was driving it uninsured and with an expired driving licence.

Roberts contacted police and turned himself in the next day and was subsequently interviewed on October 16.

In police interview Roberts said that he was driving from work and received a text message on his phone, which he tried to look at, and resulted in him crashing the car.

He said he ran from the scene because he was 'scared' and said he knew he was driving the car with an expired licence and no insurance at the time.

Mr Baker said: "He said it took him four hours to get home on foot.

"He said, 'I know I should not have been driving'."

Mitigating. Des Reynolds, requested a pre-sentence report be carried out before Roberts returns to court for sentencing.

Chair of the bench, Louise Dutton, adjourned the case until Thursday, March 3.