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This incredible dashcam video shows the moment a motorcyclist has a go at ‘biker roulette’ – and is hit by an oncoming vehicle.

The deadly new craze involves bikers taking turns to cross a busy road without checking for cars.

In the clip, two young motorcyclists try their hand at the game on a road in Zhukovsky, Russia, with almost fatal consequences.


Pavel Drabin, 19, narrowly clears the oncoming traffic when he bursts out from a bank on the side of the road – but his fellow biker isn’t so fortunate.

Aleksey Rouhov, 21, is launched off his bike when an oncoming car smashes into it, leaving the bike in bits on the road.



Remarkably Mr Rouhov survives, getting straight back to his feet and dusting himself off.

The car’s driver Grigorii Amedov, 49, said he was sure the motorcyclist was dead.

‘I thought I was going to have a heart attack and couldn’t believe it when he just stood up and looked sheepish and embarrassed,’ he said.

‘To be honest I probably should not have punched him or at least shouted at him but I was so shocked I didn’t know what to do.’

A spokesperson for the police explained the game.

‘They call it biker roulette,’ said Felix Bobrov, 49. ‘It’s just as deadly as Russian roulette. It’s hit and miss whether they die. And it’s the same with this bizarre new craze.

‘After looking at the images it’s incredible the young man survived at all.’