POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist was seriously injured in a road traffic collision in Bradford earlier today.

The 35-year-old male suffered life-threatening head injuries after the Suzuki he was riding was in collision with a white Ford Transit van on Rooley Lane at the junction of Bierley Lane, close to the Asda supermarket, at 7:12am this morning.

The motorcycle was travelling along Rooley Lane towards the M606 and the van was travelling from Bierley Lane onto Rooley Lane when the collision happened.

Anyone who witnesses the road traffic collision or the circumstances leading up to it or has dash cam footage is asked to contact police on 101 or use the live chat facility at westyorkshire.police.uk/contactus quoting log 257 of 18 March.