Shocking doorbell camera footage has revealed the moment an 18-year-old driver crashed into a front garden, seriously injuring a 74-year-old man. Mohammed Khan was caught on camera speeding down Stratford Way in Watford, Hertfordshire, on September 5 last year, before he collided with Peter Jeffree’s stationary car. The video shows Khan driving a Volkswagen Golf at high speed, overtaking a red Mazda shortly before reaching the junction with Cassiobury Drive. Just seconds later, a loud bang is heard as Khan’s car crashes into Mr Jeffree’s yellow Reliant Scimitar GTE. Another doorbell camera captures the Golf ploughing into a second car parked in a front garden. Mr Jeffree suffered serious injuries, including three fractured vertebrae, cracked ribs, and a cracked sternum. His classic car, which he had owned for over 40 years, was completely destroyed. “If I had anyone in my car, if my wife had been in the passenger seat and they had hit me in the middle of the car, we both could have been killed,” Mr Jeffree said. A court heard that Khan was driving at around 60mph in a 30mph residential area with three friends in the car. He had also overtaken another vehicle at speed before “shooting across the junction without any hesitation” and crashing into Mr Jeffree’s car. The driver, who was 17 at the time of the crash, pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving and was sentenced at St Albans Crown Court. He received a 19-month sentence at a Young Offenders' Institution, suspended for three years. Khan was also ordered to complete 250 hours of unpaid work and 15 days of rehabilitation activities. He was banned from driving for three years and must pass an extended driving test before being allowed to drive again. Prosecutor Nadine Mathurasangh said Khan was driving at excessive speed in a 30mph zone, with a witness estimating his speed at 60 to 70mph. As he approached the junction with Cassiobury Drive, he dangerously overtook the red Mazda on the offside. The Mazda driver said Khan’s car “shot across the junction without any hesitation” before crashing into Mr Jeffree’s vehicle. Both cars were sent spinning, with Khan’s Golf ending up in a front garden while Mr Jeffree’s Reliant came to rest in the road. Defending Khan, Amita Patel said he was remorseful and had written a heartfelt letter of apology to Mr Jeffree. In the letter, Khan wrote: “Since the accident I have thought about it a lot. I genuinely wish I could change what happened.”