Rapper superstar Dizzee Rascal said he crashed his first car just three days after buying it by writing off a police car in Purley.

The “bonkers” star told TV’s Jonathan Ross during an interview on Friday that his poor clutch control on the Purley Hills lead to him smashing his new blue Mini into a cop car.

He said he was on his way to visit a friend when he had the accident.

He said: “I only started driving two years ago. I crashed my first car into the police.

“For real. I crashed my first car in, like, the first three days I had it. I was heartbroken. Well, they were more heartbroken because they were written off. I drove off.

“I was visiting a friend in Purley. They’ve got really steep roads in that area.

"I had just about passed [my driving test] – I think they had enough of seeing me so they said you passed – but my clutch control wasn’t very good.

“I was getting up this road and then kept slipping back. So I drove out and bang. I was like, ‘Whats going on?’ I see some flashing lights. I was like ‘What’s that, man?’ It was the police.

“I was like, ‘Just my luck, this kind of thing only happens to me’. My first crash and it is the police. They were cool about it, they checked if I was alright and that.”

Dizzee Rascal, whose real name is Dylan Mills, said the police did not appear to know they had been hit by a famous musician.

He said: “I have not crashed since. My clutch control is a bit better.

"I try not go to Purley anymore.”