A biker broke his leg when he came off the road and crashed into a fence.

The 37-year-old man from London was travelling north on the A285 at Petworth when the accident happened at 12.52pm on Saturday afternoon.

He suffered a badly broken left leg and was taken by ambulance to St Richard's Hospital, Chichester, where he was detained for treatment.

The road was closed for around 90 minutes while emergency services dealt with the incident.

No other vehicle was involved and police are appealing for any witnesses to phone 101, quoting incident 824 of 5/10, or email: collision.appeal@sussex.pnn.police.uk.