A MOTORCYCLIST was seriously injured in a road crash.

Police say a 28-year-old man was riding a red and white Honda 600 down Coppice Row, in Theydon Bois when he collided with a red Skoda Roomster about 500 metres from the junction with the Wake Arms roundabout.

The victim, from Woodford Green, was air-lifted to the Royal London Hospital with head and leg injuries.

The driver of the car, a 58-year-old woman from Chingford, was uninjured.

Coppice Row has seen a number of accidents over the years. In June 2007 a motorcyclist was taken to hospital with severe leg injuries after a four vehicle collision there.

Anyone who witnessed the latest incident, which took place last Sunday (April 18) at about 1.50pm is asked to call PC Chris Rail at the Chigwell Road Policing Unit on 0300 333 4444.

Do you know the identity of the motorcyclist? Call Edmund Tobin on 07795 315 542.