A cyclist has been forced to ring triple-0 to be rescued from the tray of a ute after a bizarre incident which sent him flying into the back of the vehicle.

Police said the ute driver overtook the cyclist on Ipswich Road just before lunch time on Tuesday, and performed a sharp turn into a carpark at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Woolloongabba.

Somehow the rider avoided injury despite the impact flinging him over the handlebars and into the tray.

“In attempt to get the driver to stop, he began banging on the roof of the vehicle,” Sergeant Michelle Mullen said.

“Apparently this stunned the 61-year-old driver because he continued driving with the cyclist standing in the tray.”

Sergeant Mullen said the 26-year-old cyclist managed to phone police in an attempt to get the driver to stop after he continued out of the hospital grounds and drove onto Old Cleveland Road several blocks away.

Police said officers in the area were able to halt the ute, ending the cyclist's unusual ordeal.

“The cyclist was reunited with his pushbike and the driver will receive an offence notice for failing to give way,” Sergeant Mullen said.