Motorists drive past as woman assaulted.

As she struggled with the brutal attacker trying to rape her, the terrified victim might have hoped that help was only a few feet away.

The 20-year-old woman had been pinned to the ground on a road which, even though it was 1am, was well lit and busy.

Yet not one of the passing motorists stopped to go to her aid.

Would you have stopped? Would you have sounded the car horn? Used your mobile to call the police?  Why not?

Ingrid Salomonsen, director and chief executive of Redcar and Cleveland Women’s Aid, said: "Believe it or not, this does happen.

"Even if a woman is being raped in the street there are those who will think they don’t want to get involved.

"They might be afraid of getting hurt or even interpret what is going on as someone having a laugh – it’s all part of a denial process.

"What people don’t realise is that they can stop their car, sound the horn, flash their headlights and then call the police.

"They don’t even have to get out of their cars if they feel that would be putting themselves at risk."

Next time, and there will be a next time as it’s happening every day, make a noise, make a fuss and call the police.