A man was injured after a car crashed into a lamppost in Amersham last night. 

Two fire crews, one from Amersham and another from Chesham, along with an officer, were called to reports of a collision at 9.27pm.

Firefighters had to use hydraulic equipment to release an injured man from the car after the collision on the A413 Amersham bypass near Amersham Hospital.

An uninjured man was released before fire crews got to the scene.