A MOTORCYCLIST suffered a serious leg injury in a crash on Canvey, on Saturday afternoon.

Police have appealed for witnesses to the incident, which happened shortly before 4pm in High Street, at the junction with Arcadia Road.

The collision was between a grey Volkswagen Polo, and a Yamaha R125 motorcycle.

The motorcyclist, a 22-year-old local man suffered a serious leg injury and was taken to hospital.

Pc Paul Caplin, of Essex Police, said: “I’m keen to people who were seen in the area at the time, specifically a man walking a dog, a woman wearing a black coat with a child in a pushchair and a pedestrian at the nearby pedestrian crossing.”

Any witnesses or anyone with information about the collision should contact the investigating officer Pc Paul Calpin at Laindon road policing office on 101.