A 25-year-old drink-driver died when he lost control of a speeding car and smashed into a tree, an inquest heard.

David Archer had drunk about four pints of lager before getting behind the wheel of his friend's Peugeot 206 in December.

Witnesses told the hearing in Bradford that Mr Archer was doing about 80mph in Manchester Road shortly before he lost control in Huddersfield Road, Wyke.

He had been overtaking a car but was forced swerve back in because of a traffic island in the road.

The car went into a spin, hit a lamppost and crashed into a tree. Mr Archer, a builder, of Woodside Road, Wyke, died of multiple injuries in hospital.

Coroner Roger Whittaker was told Mr Archer had been shopping in the city with friends David Wright and Julie Greenwood before going to the Goose Inn pub where they had about four pints of lager.

Miss Greenwood said Mr Archer had phoned another friend and asked him to pick them up because they had all had a drink but only Miss Greenwood got a lift with the sober driver.

Mr Archer had the keys to her Peugeot and, with Mr Wright in the passenger seat, decided to drive back.

Mr Wright said his friend was doing about 80mph on Manchester Road. As they approached the junction with Abb Scott Lane, Mr Archer had overtaken a car when another vehicle "appeared from nowhere". "As he pulled round the car (he had overtaken), he lost control and we spun off the road to the left," said Mr Wright, who suffered minor injuries.

Seconds before the crash David Harrison had been overtaken by the Peugeot and he also put the speed at about 80mph. "It swerved erratically in front of me," he said. "It overtook the car in front of me and as the road turns into a bend all I could see was a car hit the tree."

Mr Harrison stopped to try to help, along with the driver of the car the Peugeot was trying to overtake, Victoria Ashington.

Miss Ashington said: "He was trying to get round me but there was not enough space before the island and he came in front of me and hit the tree.

"It seemed like it was in slow motion. As he turned he swerved because there was not enough road left before the island and he just carried on turning into the tree."

Mr Whittaker recorded a verdict of accidental death, adding: "The contributory factors are the huge speed achieved by the vehicle and the restriction on his ability to control the vehicle properly by taking on excessive alcohol."