A MOTORCYCLIST was taken to hospital with "serious injuries" following a crash in Lanarkshire yesterday.

Emergency services rushed to the scene on Baton Road at its junction with Shottskirk Road in Shotts after a silver Vauxhall Insignia collided with a black electric motorbike at around 3.50pm. 

Police confirmed the 33-year-old rider of the electric motorbike was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for treatment of "serious injuries". 

The road closed to traffic for around four and a half hours as officers investigated the smash.

Sergeant Nick Twigg, of Lanarkshire’s Road Policing, said: "A male has sustained serious injuries as a result of this collision and we are appealing for information to help establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident."

"The area was busy at the time with other road users and pedestrians and I would ask if you have any information that could assist with our enquiries that you get in contact with police."

"If there are any motorists with possible dashcam footage of the area, I would ask that you come forward and speak to officers.

"We are also keen to talk to the driver of a private hire vehicle who stopped to help at the scene."

Anyone with information can contact police via 101, quoting incident 2222 of Friday, November 19, 2021.