POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a serious collision near Lydford on Sunday.

The collision involved a motorcycle and a Land Rover on the A386 near to the Dartmoor Inn at around 2.30pm.

A Yamaha 1100cc motorcycle, being ridden by a 56-year-old man from Okehampton, with a 51-year-old female pillion passenger, was travelling in the direction of Tavistock when it was in collision with a Land Rover Freelander.

Both the rider and pillion passenger sustained life-threatening injuries and remain in Derriford Hospital.

The driver of the Freelander, from the Liskeard area, was unharmed.

His front seat passenger suffered whiplash injuries.

Police from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit are appealing for witnesses to this incident to contact them on 101 quoting log number 534 061013.