This is the moment a rubbish truck sideswipes a pair of parked luxury Mercedes, causing thousands of pounds of damage.

CCTV footage shows the bin lorry picking up rubbish outside offices in Peterborough, UK.

After the bin men complete their rounds and their vehicle pulls away, the tail end of the massive truck crunches into a black Mercedes CLA AMG Sport and a Mercedes GLC next to it.

The alarmed owners of the vehicles are seen walking out to observe the destruction.

The owner of the luxury vehicle said the damage to the cars, which belong to him and his father, was extensive.

He said: "There was not a scratch on the truck, but my father and I were left with a £15,000 ($21,000) insurance claim and no ride home."

He added: "The CLA came off worst, requiring three pages worth of itemised repairs including the replacement of the entire right hand side, rear tail light, boot lid, a diamond cut alloy wheel and practically a full respray.

"The restoration work took over five weeks in total.

"The GLC was out of action for a fortnight requiring a wheel replacement and some minor bodywork and a respray to the left hand side."

The video was captured on August 8 last year.