A FEMALE motorbike pillion passenger suffered a broken wrist following a collision on the A19.

The 26-year-old was injured when a Vauxhall Astra and a Suzuki Bandit motorcycle collided while travelling southbound on the A19 near to Ron Perry’s Garage, near Hartlepool at 10.45am on Friday morning.

Both the 48-year-old woman driving the Astra and the 30-year-old man riding the motorbike were unhurt in the collision.

The pillion passenger was taken to Stockton's University Hospital of North Tees with a broken left wrist and cuts to her body.

Witnesses to the collision are asked to contact Cleveland Police on 101.