In Ireland we have some of those cattle crossing signs by the side of the road. In some parts of the country the biggest risk is a deer jumping out in front of you.

Russia however tends to have larger and admittedly slightly hungrier carnivores to swerve past on their public roads.

Only this time a Russian motorist could not avoid crashing into a black bear that dashed out onto the road. 

The dash cam on the vehicle captured the entire incident which sent one of Russia's estimated 6,000 black bears sprawling onto the hard shoulder.

But miraculously both the driver and the bear escaped unharmed...