POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a two-car accident near Bishop Auckland on Saturday evening.

Two blue Vauxhall Corsas were in collision at 6.45pm at the junction of the A68 and Greenfields Road, High Etherley.

One driver, a 38-year-old man from Hunwick, was taken to Bishop Auckland General Hospital with whiplash injuries.

The other driver, who was aged 18 and came from Redhouses, was unhurt.

Police believe a red hatchback, possibly a J-registered Vauxhall Nova, was in Greenfields road at about the same time.

Anyone who has information is asked to contact the traffic department at police headquarters, in Durham, telephone 0191-386 4929