A man was thrown from the bonnet of a moving car when a nightclub row spilled out onto the street.
Mark Binks suffered deep wounds to his knees, as well as bruising and grazing to his shins, ankles and elbows, after being flung from Daniel Quinnell's Citroen Saxo.
Newcastle Crown Court heard that after the collision Quinnell, who was almost t
hree times the drink-drive limit, smashed into a parked car, which was pushed along the road and rammed into a bus stop.
Quinnell, of Shakespeare Street, Houghton, admitted dangerous driving, excess alcohol, no insurance, driving without due care and attention and failing to stop after an accident.
Judge Richard Lowden sentenced Quinnell to four months imprisonment, suspended for two years, plus 200 hours unpaid work.
Quinnell was also banned from the roads for two years.
Prosecutor Ros Scott-Bell told the court how trouble had started in Sunderland city centre when Quinnell became involved in a row with a group of men in regard to his ex-girlfriend.
The groups left the city in their vehicles and both claim each were ramming the other as they headed out of the centre in the early hours of the morning.
The situation came to a head when both cars met at Stockton Road. "Mark Binks describes being driven at," said Miss Scott-Bell.
"The defendant said Mr Binks, a passenger in the other car, jumped on to the bonnet of Quinnell's car and in an effort to get away the defendant says he drove off.
"Mark Binks sustained injury from falling off the car as the defendant was driving off."
Christopher Morrison, defending, said the 23-year-old had not planned to drive home after drinking, but had got behind the wheel as a result of being threatened during the night out.
Mr Morrison said no serious injuries were caused to Mr Binks, and added: "If any individual chooses to jump on the bonnet of a car he is possibly the author of what happens."
The judge told Quinnell: "Using a motor car when drunk, in a situation where there is likely to be a confrontation, which there was, is a very serious matter.
"Someone did get hurt, as was inevitable, and a parked car got damaged, as did a bus stop.
"You should not have been driving with anything like the amount of alcohol you had taken that night."
