A police officer is in hospital with "serious head injuries" after a crash between a car and a motorbike in Southwark today.
Police confirmed the officer, who was off duty and not riding a police motorbike, was hit by a car in Great Dover Street at around 12.45pm.
A spokesman for the Met said: "We were called to reports of a collision between a car and a police motorcycle at around 12.45pm.
"The rider of the motorcycle is a male police officer, and he was taken to hospital for treatment. We are awaiting a condition check.
"The driver stopped at the scene and there were no arrests. No other injuries were reported," he added.
A spokeswoman for the London Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 12.45 to Great Dover Street to a road traffic collision involving a motorbike and a car.
"We treated a man at the scene for serious head injuries and he was taken as a priority by ground ambulance to the Royal London Hospital."
Transport for London said the A2, Great Dover Street, was closed in both directions at the junction with Law Street.
