Footage of a driver braking at the last minute to avoid hitting a wild boar that stepped out in front of him on the road.

The video, filmed near Barcelona, Spain on May 12, shows the driver moving along a country road at around midnight, when he's suddenly forced to grind to halt to avoid hitting the animal.

He later wrote online: "A kamikaze wild boar was standing in the middle of the country road, at midnight.

"Driving at 80km/h, I couldn't see it until it was quite close to me."