Injured cyclists were sprawled in the road next to their mangled bikes after a car crashed into security barriers outside the Houses of Parliament today.

Video footage showed paramedics attending to the cyclists next to Parliament Square in Westminster following the smash that saw the area put into lockdown.

Worried bystanders could be seen looking on as the cyclists sat on St Margaret Street waiting for help following the crash that has injured at least two people.

Injured cyclists are sprawled in the road next to their mangled bikes after the crash today

Geoffrey Woodman, 27, a management consultant from Battersea, was almost hit

One cyclist, a management consultant, told MailOnline how he cheated death as the speeding car ploughed past him - knocking down the cyclist next to him.

Geoffrey Woodman, 27, from Battersea, was cycling to work when he heard a 'loud screech' and the car slammed into the woman on the bicycle next to him.

'I felt very shocked,' he said. 'It was a very odd experience to have. It happens more and more but you never expect it to be you. It was so close.

'One slight turn of the wheel and it would have taken me out. I had pulled up to the red light by Parliament Square and put my foot down.

'After about ten seconds I heard a car screeching over the bridge. It was obscured behind a van at first but then it cut out in front of us through the red light on the wrong side of the road.

'It swerved left and hit the lady two bikes to my left. It was going about 40 to 50mph. Its windscreen hit her quite hard as she was trying to jump off to the left.

'I'm jumping off to the right and once it had gone past I looked to the left and saw her on the ground with bikes everywhere. It was chaos.

'She was a middle-aged lady, about 40 to 45 years old, about 5ft 5in tall. She was wearing cycling gear, grey trousers, a bright top and a helmet.

'She was on the ground talking to about ten other cyclists who were clustered around her. She was in a lot of distress.

'There was no blood but I'd be surprised if there were no broken bones. I think she may have broken her hip.'

Another witness, Barry Williams, told BBC News that the car was 'heading towards cyclists' on the wrong side of the road as they waited for the lights to change.

He said: 'He hit the cyclist and then swerved over towards the safety barrier... and accelerated and hit it at quite high speed.

'I don't know whether he meant to hit the cyclist, they may just have been in the way, but he accelerated hard towards the barrier.'

Armed officers swarmed the scene this morning – and a man, wearing a black puffer jacket, was surrounded by officers and led away in handcuffs from a Ford.

Two people were taken to hospital after being treated at the scene for injuries, which are not believed to be serious, the London Ambulance Service said.

Bicycles are sat against a wall near the scene of the crash at the Houses of Parliament today