A motorcyclist is being treated in hospital for serious head and back injuries following an accident near one of the county's busiest junctions.

Police investigators are appealing for information following the incident at 5.30pm on Friday near the Stockbury roundabout.

The 43-year-old biker's green Kawasaki was in collision with a bronze-coloured Ford Fiesta on the Maidstone-bound carriageway of the A249.

He had been travelling coastbound but completed a U-turn at the Hucking turn-off before accelerating in the direction of Detling when it’s believed he collided with the rear of the car.

He was taken to a hospital in London, where his condition remains serious. The Fiesta's woman driver was uninjured.

The road was closed for about five hours to allow collision investigators to conduct an examination of the scene and recover the vehicle involved.

• Anyone with information should call the serious collision investigation unit on 01622 798538 quoting CAD 22-1186.