A motorcyclist was taken to hospital this afternoon following a crash on Victoria Road.

Police were called to the scene of the crash at the junction of Victoria Road with Cross Street and Dumbarton Terrace shortly after 2pm.

A police spokesman said the crash had involved a motorcycle ridden by a Swindon man and a silver Ford Focus being driven by a Swindon woman.

The man is understood to have sustained minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to the Great Western Hospital for a check up.