This heart-stopping footage shows the moment a van driver lost control and careered head-on into a family travelling in the opposite direction.
Grant Donaldson was travelling with his partner and their three-year-old daughter when the white van careered around a corner.
The driver lost control and the van slid sideways in the icy conditions before ploughing into the familys Range Rover.
Grant has now released the footage to highlight the need to take extra care when travelling in icy, wintery weather.
The accident happened just after 4pm on December 23 on a quiet lane near Newmiln, Perthshire.
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Sophie, just three, was fast asleep in the back of the family car at the time of the impact with the Laddaw liveried van.
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She immediately woke up screaming and fortunately Grant and his partner Louise Thomson were able to get out of the vehicle to check she was safe.
She was later checked over by doctors at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, and apart from some bruising from the car seat harness she was uninjured.
Grant injured his neck and back, and Louise had a bruised chest and knees, sore neck and compressed vertebrae in her spine.
The van driver was uninjured.
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Louise, 38, posted an update on Facebook later in the evening: Just home from Ninewells, all ok!
Sophies fine, some marks from the car seat harness but nothing to worry about.
Grants got a sore head, back and neck. Ive ended up with bruised chest and knees, sore neck and compressed vertebrae in my spine – Ive lost height and my car!
Speaking today Grant, 44, said: The road was very icy with black ice, I never drove above 35mph as it was too dangerous to go any faster.
We had already driven on the road earlier in the afternoon and saw a van on its roof in a field – so I knew the road was treacherous.
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AA President Edmund King, said: The lesson in this frightening footage is that road conditions can be treacherous even when they look tranquil.
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When temperatures drop below freezing you dont need snow and visible ice to make the roads dangerous. All drivers should drive to the conditions and that often means driving well below the speed limit to compensate for the weather and type of road. You dont need snow for drivers to go slow.
A spokesman for Police Scotland said: Police Scotland attended a 2-vehicle road traffic collision on the unclassified road between Madderty and Tibbermore shortly after 4pm on Sunday 23rd December.
Although some of the persons involved were taken to hospital, there were no serious injuries.
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