In cold pursuit: Video shows police tailing a driver with a frosted windscreen at 3mph

The low-speed pursuit happened in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, at around 10.15pm on January 7 and was captured by the bemused officers in pursuit.

One of them can be heard speaking on his radio saying: "He's doing 3mph because his windscreen is frosted up.

"He's just nearly gone the wrong way around a roundabout so we're trying to stop him.

"He's just mounted a kerb."

The cops finally flash their lights and sound their siren to try to get the motorist, in a grey Toyota, to stop.

Despite the warning, the driver refuses to halt and continues to crawl along the straight road at just 3mph while indicating left.

The officer can then be heard saying: "World's slowest fail to stop going on."

Seconds later the driver attempts to take a left turn but completely misjudges the angle and goes into a traffic cone.

At that point, the officer says: "Standby I think he's going to crash, yes world's slowest collision."

After the low-speed collision, one police car blocks the Toyota from behind while another boxes it in from the side.

However, the officers are unable to get to the driver before they attempt to reverse backward.

Someone over the police radio can then be heard describing the motorist as a "very old female".

Derbyshire Constabulary said a referral about the incident has been made to the DVLA.

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