DETECTIVES from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit are appealing for witnesses and information following the death of a man after a road traffic collision yesterday afternoon.

Police were called by the London Ambulance Service (LAS) to Hillingdon Road, opposite Manor Waye in Uxbridge, at 12.26pm on Friday August 21.

Officers and the LAS discovered a man in his 90s suffering from serious injuries following a collision with a car.

The man, a pedestrian, was taken to a West London hospital where he died of his injuries.

His next of kin have been informed, but a formal identification is yet to take place. A post mortem will take place in due course.

Police are appealing for any witnesses to contact the Serious Collision Investigation Unit on 020 8991 9555 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111, where information can be left anonymously.