POLICE have named a motorcyclist who was killed in an accident in the New Forest.

Wilhelmus Van-Der-Heinden, 50, from Holland, died on Tuesday evening after he was in collision with car travelling in the opposite direction.

The crash happened on a shallow bend on Ringwood Road, Fritham, about a mile north of Ocknell caravan site.

Mr Van-Der-Heinden was one of three motorcyclists travelling north along the road, which crosses the former Stoney Cross airfield.

He was in collision with a Honda CRV car driven by a 29-year-old Ringwood woman who was unhurt. The other two motorcyclists also escaped injury.

A single bouquet of flowers has been left at the scene of the tragedy.