Cambridgeshire firefighters will stage the reconstruction on hit TV show Police, Camera, Action to highlight the dangers created by boy racers.

The show will be broadcast on Monday at 9pm on ITV and will see Huntingdon fire fighters stage a mocked up fatal accident in a bid to get two boy racers to think about safer driving.

The seven firefighters will demonstrate to the teenagers exactly what work needs to be done at accident scenes, and will cut out two drivers from the crash wreckage.

The show aims to find out what makes boy racers tick and whether anything can be done to curb their behaviour.

It features the Boy Racer Boot Camp and also dramatic police footage from the archive, capturing bad driving and the horrifying consequences when the magnetism between men and motors spills illegally onto the roads.

Chief fire officer for Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service Graham Stagg said: "It is a well known fact that young men are more prone to showing off in their vehicles.

"Unfortunately, this can very easily lead to dangerous and illegal behaviour, such as driving to excess speeds, or abusing drink and drugs while driving.

"Coupled with the relative inexperience of many young male drivers behind the wheel, this is a potentially fatal mix, which often results in serious injury and death, not only for the driver, and also his passengers or those in other vehicles involved."

As part of the campaign against boy racers, secondary school pupils have been part of the For My Girlfriend campaign for several years.

The campaign highlights the risky situations female passengers are put in by their boyfriend trying to show off, in an attempt to make the youngsters aware of the issues before they get behind the wheel.

Mr Stagg said: "Statistics show that girls face a far greater risk of death or serious injury while riding as a passenger than the young man behind the wheel. "The girls who attend this campaign are only 15 or 16, but some are already out and about with boyfriends who have driving licences.

"Girls can have quite an influence over young men, so it's important to let them know they can do something, even if they are in the passenger seat."

For information about safer driving and the initiatives Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service is part of, visit www.cambsfire.gov.uk.