A MOTORCYCLIST has been taken to hospital after a crash in North Yorkshire this afternoon.

The accident happened on the A170 at Sinnington at 3.17pm, near the junction with Cross Lane. Emergency services remain on the scene.

A spokeswoman for North Yorkshire Police said the crash was between a black motorbike and a Vauxhall Signum car. She said the initial reports from Yorkshire Ambulance Service were that the biker's injuries were not life threatening.