Anthony Robert Carroll, 20, of Warrawong and Treidon Bradbury, 19, of Batemans Bay both failed to appear in Nowra Local Court on Monday, facing a variety of charges.

Carroll was driving the vehicle and Bradbury was a front seat passenger in the car, which contained three other young people, and reached estimated speeds of 180km/h in 50km/h along Terara Road before crashing at the intersection of Comerong Island Road at Numbaa.

Court papers stated police first noticed the Holden Commodore as it turned into Moss Street from the Princes Highway about 12.30am on June 14, when the officers’ mobile data terminal registered the car was a stolen. It had allegedly been taken from Batemans Bay the previous day.

Officers found the vehicle stopped on the northern side of Moss Street, opposite Nowra High School. As police pulled alongside the car they noticed five occupants, including the male driver and a front seat male passenger.

Police said the vehicle accelerated harshly and as officers tried to follow, a full can of soft drink was thrown from the front passenger's side of the vehicle, bouncing along the road before hitting the police car.

Police said the Commodore sped east along Terara Road, reaching estimated speeds of up to 180km/h in 50km/h and 80km/ zones.

At the intersection of Comerong Island Road, the vehicle lost control on the tight 25km/h bend, went straight through the intersection and collided with a dirt embankment at an estimated speed of 100km/h.

The car smashed through a barbed wire fence and skidded a further 60m into the paddock.

As police arrived, Carroll was seen running from the crash but was arrested a short time later.

Bradbury and a 13-year-old girl, who was a backseat passenger, staggered from the vehicle. Two backseat male passengers, one aged 18 and the other a juvenile, suffered a suspected broken jaw and leg injuries.

Carroll was charged with taking a vehicle without the consent of the owner, never being licenced, and reckless driving, while Bradbury faced charges with being carried in a car without the consent of the owner and intentionally throwing an object at a vehicle.

Magistrate Gabriel Fleming heard the case against the men in their absence, convicted both of the charges and issued a warrant for their arrest.

At the time of the accident police said the five young people were lucky not to be killed.