A 23-year-old woman has suffered serious head and leg injuries after she was thrown from her motorcycle with a car.

The crash occurred at the junction of the A270 Old Shoreham Road and the B2167 Southview Road, Southwick, on Monday

It happened just after 9am near roadworks and the motorcyclist, a 23-year-old woman, suffered serious head and leg injuries.

She had been riding a silver Suzuki GZ125cc. She was taken to hospital and detained for treatment.
 
The other vehicle involved was a silver Ford Fiesta, driven by a 35-year-old Shoreham woman, who was unhurt.
 
Anyone who saw what happened is asked to email collision.appeal@sussex.pnn.police.uk or phone 101, quoting serial 280 of 22/9.