Shocking video from eastern China showed an out-of-control car crashing into the guardrails and bursting into flames after missing a scooter by inches.

The terrifying moment, filmed in Shaoxing City in Zhejiang Province on March 28, shows an out-of-control car narrowly missing a scooter head-on driving towards it.

Then the car speeds into the guardrails on the side of a road and turning 360 degrees in mid-air while bursting into flames.

In another video, black smoke billows out of the burning car sitting in the middle of the road.

The car was consumed by the huge fire before firefighters arrived on site. The two people in the car were killed.

The case was being investigated, according to reports.