A 30-year-old man was taken to hospital after coming off his new motorbike in Nelson.

The man travelling towards the roundabout at the junction of Scotland Road and Barrowford Road when he fell off the Triumph motorbike shortly before 4pm today.

Police said they did not believe any other vehicle was involved.

The man was taken to the Royal Blackburn Hospital with a fractured arm.

There was only minor disruption to other road users and road is now clear.