Police are appealing for witnesses to a collision in Abingdon involving a cyclist.

At about 8.10am on Tuesday, police received a report of a woman cyclist lying on the pavement by passing motorists on the B4017 Drayton Road heading out of Abingdon, just past the traffic light junction with Preston Road.

The woman was found lying on the left-hand side pavement, and was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, with a head injury sustained as a result of the incident.

Police are keen to establish how the cyclist came to be on the pavement.

PC Tony Le,e from Abingdon Roads Policing base, is appealing for witnesses or anyone with any information about the incident to contact him on 0845 8 505 505, quoting URN 225 (1/6/10).

Anyone who witnessed the incident can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.