POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a crash which left a young motorcycle rider with a head injury.

The 21-year-old motorcyclist was injured in a collision with two parked vehicles in Spring Chase, Brightlingsea, at around 12.40am on Saturday.

The rider and his 20-year-old passenger were both taken to hospital.

An Essex Police spokesman said: "Their injuries are not considered life-threatening or life changing at this stage.

"We would ask anyone who was in the area around this time to check their CCTV or dash cam to see if they have any footage that may help the Serious Collision Investigation Unit and call 101 quoting incident 55 of July 24."