A car passenger was stabbed during a dispute between the occupants of two vehicles near the M5 motorway, police have said.

The 26-year-old man was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening stab injuries after emergency services were called to a southbound slip-road near Weston-super-Mare on Friday night.

Avon and Somerset Police said on Saturday they are investigating the incident, which occurred at a set of traffic lights.

A statement from the force said: "At about 10.10pm, we received a call from the ambulance service to attend this location after a 26-year-old man suffered stab injuries. He was taken to hospital for treatment to injuries which are not life-threatening.

"The victim was a passenger in a car which had just exited the M5 at this junction and was at a set of traffic lights. A dispute then ensued with the driver of another car, following which the victim was stabbed.

"The offender was in a dark-coloured car and we're making urgent inquiries to locate this vehicle. One lane of the slip-road remains closed so we can carry out a further examination of the scene."