A biker saw in the new year in a hospital bed after being involved in a collision with a car in Cheam Road.

Police and paramedics were called to the collision between the male motorcyclist and a car at the junction of Cheam Road and Sherwood Park Road at 5.15pm on New Year's Eve.

The biker was taken to hospital with leg, back and pelvic injuries. His condition is serious but not life threatening.