A PEDESTRIAN is today in hospital suffering from serious head injuries after being knocked down by a car.

The collision happened just after 3pm yesterday, when a silver Volvo V5 left the Inner Avenue at the junction of Dorset Street, near to the junction with Cranbury Place.

The man sustained head injuries and was taken by ambulance to Southampton General Hospital for treatment.

Officers investigating the crash are appealing for witnesses who saw the collision or who saw the pedestrian or the car before the incident.

Anyone with information should contact the Roads Policing Unit at Totton on 101, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, quoting Operation Alfriston.