A CAR spun out of control and flipped over several times before landing in a ditch after its 20 year old driver lost control on a rural road, heard Skipton Magistrates Court.

Jackson Davis was driving along West Road, Carleton on the afternoon of September 2 last year when in trying to avoid a collision with another car, he lost control of his vehicle, a Fiat 500, the court heard on Friday.

Both he and his passenger, who lost consciousness and woke up as the car was spinning, escaped serious injury.

Video footage shown in court on Friday showed the car spin numerous times and fly several feet into the air before crashing to the ground.

Police, a fire engine and an ambulance all rushed to the scene following a call to police at just before 5pm on September 2 last year.

The court heard a witness to the incident believed the Fiat was travelling at 'some speed' and had not seemed 'completely settled' on the road, and described how the car appeared to become 'airborne'.

Of previous good character, Davis, who admitted driving without due care and attention, disputed that he had been travelling at a speed but accepted that he had lost control of the vehicle.

In mitigation, Keith Blackwell said it had been a shocking event but that Davis, while injured, had made a full recovery.

Mr Blackwell said a number of 'conspiratorial circumstances' on the day had come together to cause the accident; including the location and nature of the road.

"He was driving along the road and there was another vehicle coming in the opposite direction. He took steps not to collide with it. In those particular circumstances, he began to lose control of the car. He went off the road and came to grief at the side of the road," said Mr Blackwell.

"This was not a case of high speed, but he (Davis) does accept he lost control of the vehicle."

Davis, of Skipton Road, Colne, a production planner for an aerospace company,  had been continuing to drive since September last year, and there had been no further incidents, added Mr Blackwell.

"He deeply regrets what happened, he was injured, but has made a full recovery."

Magistrates took into account Davis' guilty plea and his previous good character; endorsed his driving licence with seven penalty points and fined him £384. He will also have to pay costs of £85 and a surcharge of £154.