A WOMAN was taken to hospital this morning after a crash on a Ryedale road.

The collision, involving a Volvo and a Daihatsu, happened on the A169 between Malton and Pickering, close to the junction with Howe Road, at about 9.10am, with police, fire crews and paramedics called to the scene.

A man and a woman, who were in separate cars, were treated at the scene and the woman was taken to hospital, but her injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. The road has now been cleared.