A man has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving after a police pursuit.

Officers were called at 4.40am today to reports of a suspicious vehicle in East Peckham.

Patrols followed a black Volvo until it crashed into the side of the road on the B2162 in Collier Street, Maidstone, near the junction with Green Lane.

The 32-year-old driver, from Yalding, was taken into custody. He was not injured in the collision.

The road was closed in both directions and had reopened by 9.45am.