A 54-year-old motorcyclist has suffered serious injuries after a crash.

Police and paramedics were called out to St Johns Road in Swalecliffe, near Whitstable, just before 8.30pm last night after the crash between a car and a motorcycle.

South East Coast Ambulance Service treated the motorcyclist at the scene before taking him to a local hospital.

His injuries are not thought to be life threatening.

Kent Police closed the road while both vehicles were recovered and it later reopened at 11.53pm.