A cyclist suffered a head injury during a crash near a shopping centre.

The 26-year-old cyclist was involved in a collision with a silver Toyota Auris at about 9.55pm on Wednesday December 18 in the Lakeside Retail Park car park service road, near the entrance to the Travelodge hotel.

The cyclist was taken to hospital with a head injury and has since been discharged.

The driver is helping with police enquiries.

Anyone who was in the area at the time and saw what happened, should call PC Jason Mowbrey in the Chigwell Road Policing Unit on 101, quoting incident number 1199 of Wednesday 18 December