A pensioner was knocked off his bike suffering serious injuries.

The 80-year-old man was cycling along Ploughley Road, in Ambrosden, near Bicester, when he collided with a grey Nissan Almera at the junction with Merton Road at about 3.50pm yesterday.

He was taken to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital with serious, but not life-threatening, injuries to his head and hip.

Sgt Bryan Smith at Bicester Roads Policing said: "We are keen to speak to any witnesses who may have seen the collision itself or the movements of the cyclist and the grey Nissan prior to the incident."

Anyone with information should contact police on 08458 505505 or speak anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.