Two men brandishing a machete and a baseball bat were filmed confronting each other in broad daylight in a shocking road rage attack in London.

Police were called at around 3pm to Brockley, near south east London yesterday after reports of an armed conflict.

The two drivers had parked in the middle of a residential street and emerged shouting and screaming at each other after trying to 'ram each other off the road.'

Armed police raced to the scene in Brockley yesterday afternoon following a terrifying road rage incident which included men wielding baseball bats, machetes and an air pistol

Both cars were damaged during the violent incident which took place at 3pm yesterday

One of the men was armed with a machete and chased the other driver and his companion

At first, the Audi driver used his baseball bat to damage the black Mercedes, but a large man got out of that car and started chasing him with a machete.

Waving the blade around, the man, who was wearing a balaclava, threatens the other man's female companion before using his weapon to attack the Audi.

One witness said: 'Before I started recording the video, the guy with a machete ran back and put a gun back in the car.

'He was waving it around and traffic was trying to scurry away.

'My friend saw them driving on the other side of Brockley and they were trying to ram each other off the road.'

Tom Hill filmed the attack from his lorry as he sat waiting to pass.

The 23-year-old lorry driver, from Erith in south east London, said: 'I was driving back to the yard on Wednesday afternoon and that unfolded in front of me.

'There was shouting and a lot of swearing.'

A woman approaching the street said she was told to 'turn back' because there was a man with a machete and a gun on the loose.

She added: 'It was all really frantic at the time.'

A passer-by filmed the road rage incident which occurred in Brockley at 3pm yesterday

Both cars collided into each other as the drivers attempted to escape from the scene

Police confirmed that a machete, an air pistol, a baseball bat and other weapons were recovered from the scene. One man was arrested on suspicion of a firearms offence

Armed police rushed to the scene at 3pm and a man was arrested on suspicion of firearm offences.

A Met Police spokesperson said: 'People were seen in possession of weapons and a firearm.

'A man has been arrested on suspicion of firearm offences.'

Police said that a machete, air pistol, baseball bat and other weapons were recovered from the scene.