A MOTORCYCLIST escaped serious injury in a collision with a car this morning.

It happened at Ringwood Road, Longham, at around 8.20am, police said.

The road was blocked for a time but the motorcyclist was up and walking and the elderly woman, driving a green Vauxhall Zafira, was uninjured.

The carriageway has now reopened after the car and motorbike, a black Yamaha, were cleared away.