Close Calls: On Camera

Today, a driver opens his car door, sending a young motorcyclist into the path of a bus, and a mum-to-be calls 999 after suffering massive blood loss.

Today, a dramatic rescue by the Royal Navy saves the lives of 14 people on board a yacht that's lost its mast in a mid Atlantic storm. And a schoolgirl sees her mum's car on fire at the school gates and fears she's still inside.

Today, a paralympian takes off in a para-motor plane, but a problem brings him crashing to earth. Also today, a pub landlady rushes to alert a regular whose home is ablaze.

Today, two workmates leap into a harbour to save a drowning man, a mum falls asleep at the wheel on her way home from work, and a hiker captures an alarming moment when a cliff collapses in front of her.

Today, a daughter dials 999 when her father has a cardiac arrest, while her sister battles to save him. And coastguard volunteers come to the rescue of a climber who has fallen from a cliff in Wales.

Today, a day trip in the air over the Dorset coast becomes a terrifying ordeal when a small plane loses engine power. And three young lads call for help when two of them become trapped in a mountain of mud and begin to sink.

An eight-year-old boy has a freak accident on his scooter, and a doctor is forced to operate at the scene. Holiday makers run for their lives when a cliff collapses at a Greek island beauty spot.

Today, a 79-year-old celebrates his birthday with a tandem skydive, but the main chute fails to open. A young mum suffers a cardiac arrest following an asthma attack, and a taxi driver comes to the rescue of a regular passenger whose flat is ablaze.

Today, a drone searches for a British climber missing in the Himalayas, and a mum panics when she sees a news picture of her son's wrecked car and can't get hold of him.

Today, a dad with two young children calls for help, then fights for his life when what appeared to be a sore throat worsens and becomes sepsis. Plus a historic home and restaurant is engulfed in flames, but a young man sleeps through the fire alarm.

Pensioner Brian tells how he became trapped up to his neck in a slurry pit until former policeman Matt came to his rescue, and a mum and her young daughter describe the moment their car plunged off the road into a water-filled ditch.

Thousands of football fans applaud helicopter medics who land on the pitch and battle to save the life of a popular steward at the club, and a young mum describes the moment a huge lorry ploughed into stationary traffic, including her car. The lorry's dash cam captures it all.

Two scuba divers describe how they found a Second World War bomb under a pier, and a steward at a popular cycling race tells how a support car drove straight at him. Plus a mum is seen on CCTV snatching her daughter from the path of a car, which failed to stop at traffic lights.

A fisherman describes being washed overboard at night off the south coast, a history buff tells how he hauled a live grenade out of a canal, and a student relives the moment, caught on her dash cam, when a massive tree struck her car during a storm.

Footage from a base jumper's helmet cam shows what happened when he misjudged his launch and crash-landed on a rocky beach, and a mum relives the moment when her young daughter fell from her pony at a competition and was trampled underfoot.

A glider pilot's footage captures the moments after he crashed and got stuck in a tree, and the operation to rescue him. And a DJ dad relives the night, caught on CCTV, when a car failed to stop at a notorious crossroads.

A schoolboy and his family relive the day he was horrifically injured after falling from his BMX bike while practicing tricks, and a young rider describes the moment, filmed by her boyfriend, when she was thrown from her horse during an amateur race.

Schoolgirl Molly recalls how she saved her stepfather's life by performing CPR, and an uncle and niece are filmed as they're rescued by a ferry when their dinghy capsizes.

A 60-year-old woman attempting to row across the Atlantic is rescued as her boat fills with water, and an animal lover falls down a sewer while trying to rescue his dog.

A paraglider crash-lands on a wall in the Peak District, a son witnesses his mother crash her bicycle, and a cameraman filming a storm almost ends up a victim himself.