Stunned pedestrians looked on as a car drove onto a traffic island.
The blue Ford Mondeo mounted the pavement near the juction between Muswell Hill and Priory Road.
Haringey Independent photographer John McDonald-Fulton, who witnessed the incident, said the car appeared to be swerving to avoid a collision with another car.
He added that a family were standing on the pavement waiting to cross the road at the time, but nobody appeared to be seriously hurt.
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