Two British mates on holiday in Bali have claimed they were run down in the street by a tattooed Aussie who police alleged had been on a drunken carjacking rampage.

North Londoner Jesse Green, 27, travelled to the holiday island for a relaxing break and had met up with his brother and also his friend Luke Ellis, 25, of Birmingham.

Mr Green, who runs a sales agency back in the UK, claimed he and Mr Ellis were departing another friend's house in Canggu on a motorcycle just after midnight Sunday when a black Toyota Avanza mowed them down.

He said the pair were sober and sharing a single bike when they were 'rammed from behind' by the car, which the police had accused the Australian, known only as WRJ, of having carjacked earlier that night.

'It was completely unprovoked. We'd never seen him before,' Mr Ellis told Daily Mail.