Pedestrian suffers serious head injury in Brighton in collision with cyclist

A 47-year-old woman is being treated for a serious head injury after a cyclist collided with her on a pelican crossing in Brighton yesterday morning (Tuesday 8 January).

The accident happened just after 9am in Dyke Road, near Queen Square.

The woman, from Maresfield in East Sussex, was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton with a suspected fractured skull.

She was transferred to Hurstwood Park Neurosciences Centre in Haywards Heath where her condition was described as stable but poorly.

The cyclist, a 38-year-old man from Brighton, suffered minor injuries but did not need hospital treatment.

Sussex Police asked anyone who saw the accident to call 101 or email collision.appeal@sussex.pnn.police.uk.