POLICE are appealing for information after a serious accident on the A361 Highworth Road at 2.30pm on Saturday.

A motorcyclist, aged 23, from Swindon, was travelling south on an orange Honda CB1000 motorbike near B&Q when he is believed to have veered into the kerb and fallen from the bike.

He was taken to the Great Western Hospital with head injuries and transferred to the John Radcliffe Hospital, in Oxford, in a critical but stable condition.

The road was closed for about an hour as a result of the collision.

Witnesses are asked to call 101, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.