An American woman has crashed her car while shaving her bikini line.

According to a report on news website KeyNews.com, a 37-year-old woman crashed her Ford Thunderbird into the back of a Chevrolet pick-up truck while trimming her pubic hair.

Megan Mariah Barnes was allegedly travelling with her ex-husband Charles Judy on her way to visit her boyfriend and reportedly needed to tidy up her personal area, so Judy took hold of the steering wheel while Barnes attended to her bikini line.

The car then crashed into the back of the Chevrolet truck while travelling at about 70km/h.

But the story doesn't end there.

The pair then drove up the road and swapped seats, and when Florida Highway Patrol officer Gary Dunick got to the scene, the pair claimed that Judy was driving. But officer Dunick wasn't fooled.

A CBS report claims the officer noticed passenger airbag burns on the chest of the man in the driver's seat, and that the driver's airbag didn't deploy.

Barnes shouldn't have been in the driver's seat in the first place (let alone with razor in hand).

According to the CBS report, Barnes had been driving with a suspended licence, just a day after being convicted of driving under the influence. She was sentenced to nine months of probation, and her licence was revoked for five years.

CBS reports that Barnes is now charged with reckless driving, driving unlicenced, fleeing the scene of a crash, and driving uninsured, and she may face a year in jail for violation of her probation terms.