A MOTORCYCLIST has been badly injured in a collision with a car.

Police were called to High Cross Lane, Queensbury, at about 5pm today to a report of a collision between a Vauxhall Vectra car and a motorcycle.

The male motorcyclist suffered a serious leg injury and was taken by ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary. Officers closed the road at the junction with Corporal Lane, near Brighouse Road, while recovery and investigation work took place.

The incident was still ongoing at 6pm and is causing traffic disruption in the area.