More and more West Australians take to dash-mounted cameras

Horrific crashes, amazing escapes and even just bad driving is increasingly being caught on camera as more and more West Australians mount dashboard-mounted cameras.

These days almost one in five drivers are recording video of every moment they spend on the road.

Pranee Livermore is one of tens of thousands of West Australian drivers to use dashcams mounted in their, recording what goes wrong on the roads and sometimes horror smashes in real time.

Her dashcam was filming when she was hit by a ute allegedly stolen and being pursued by police.

"I jam on the brake but it was too late," Ms Livermore told 9NEWS.

Fortunately Ms Livermore was travelling alone, as the front seat passenger might not have survived the impact.

She paid just $48 for her dashcam, while some high-definition models can retail for as much as $500, and they can save you months in trying to claim on your insurance.

In Ms Livermore's case, her insurer paid her claim out the day after the crash.

Dash cameras can also help drivers to back up their evidence in court cases.

"I can seen that more and more people individually will want to use that evidence to verify their position,' Slater and Gordon's John Fiocco said.

"The fact that they've got personal access to technology which might give them personal vindication is something that seems to me is going to be very powerful in the hands of citizens."

Pranee Livermore's advice is simple: "If accident ever happens, you have proof – (the) camera never lies".