We are appealing for information after a cyclist was injured following a collision with a car in Bretherton.

Police were called around 1.25pm on Thursday (October 21) to a report of an accident at the junction of Back Lane and Sarah Lane.

A 39-year-old man riding a bike had been involved in a collision with a Mitsubishi Shogun car. The rider suffered a bleed on the brain, as well as a broken wrist, arm and fractured pelvis. He was taken to hospital for treatment.

The driver of the Mitsubishi, a man in his 70s from Croston, was not injured.

Police are appealing for witnesses and urging anyone who saw what happened to come forward with information.

If you can help please call 101 or email [email protected] quoting log 0788 of October 21.