A young man took his dad's Audi and drove through a popular park before hitting speeds of 90mph and crashing into a bus amid a police chase.
Adam Tanveer also hit a a van and another car containing a father and his young daughter.
The pharmacy student at the University of Bradford was 18 and uninsured when he took his Audi Q2 and sparked a police pursuit lasting about 12 minutes.
2 pedestrians had to take evasive action
Bradford Crown Court heard how the lunchtime incident began on Pellon Lane, Halifax, in April this year when Tanveer sped off in a bid to get away from a marked police vehicle.
Prosecutor Richard Walters described how Tanveer, who had a teenage boy with him in the Audi, reached speeds of 70mph before he drove into Shibden Park causing two pedestrians to take evasive action.
He said the Audi was driven on the grass and around a tree before leaving the park.
Nitrous oxide canisters found and bus damage worth £10,000
During the pursuit, Tanveer ran red lights and reached a speed of 90mph on Ovenden Road.
Mr Walters said the Audi damaged the wing mirrors of two other cars before it hit the bus “ripping the bumper off”.
He showed the court CCTV clips from a local shop which captured the Audi Q2 crashing into a van and another Audi containing a father and his young daughter.
Mr Walters said both the van and the other Audi were written off in the collision.
When Tanveer was arrested for his vehicle officers found empty nitrous oxide canisters in the Audi.
The court heard that the bus had to be taken out of service for repairs and the written off vehicles were estimated to be worth more than £10,000.
Man panicked when police tried to stop him
Tanveer, now 19, of James Street, Masbrough, Rotherham, admitted offences of dangerous driving and driving without insurance.
The court was told he had no previous convictions and had panicked when the police officers tried to stop him in the Audi.
Barrister John Bottomley, for Tanveer, said his client deeply regretted his actions and was someone who had made an immature and grave mistake that day.
He said Tanveer was now studying pharmacy at the University of Bradford.
'Sheer good fortune that no one suffered fatal injuries'
Recorder Taryn Turner said the facts of the case were exceptionally serious and the risk caused by Tanveer’s driving was extraordinary.
“It is a matter of sheer good fortune that no one suffered catastrophic or fatal injuries,” she told the teenager.
But the judge said she was just persuaded that a 13-month sentence of detention in a young offenders institution could be suspended for 18 months.
Tanveer will have to do 200 hours unpaid work and he was also banned from driving for the next two years and until he has passed an extended test.
Recorder Turner said the sentence would be hanging over Tanveer and added: ”Its up to you. Don’t let yourself down and don’t let the court down.”