A woman escaped serious injury after a car flipped onto its roof in a crash in Shortlands on Sunday afternoon.

Emergency services were called at 5.06pm after two cars collided on Ravensbourne Avenue at the junction with Beckenham Lane.

Paramedics treated the woman for minor injuries at the scene and took her to a south London hospital.

Pictures of the scene posted on Twitter showed a blue car on its roof at the busy junction, which is adjacent to Shortlands Station.

The road was closed while the car was removed and debris cleared away. 

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The car on its roof at the busy Ravensbourne Avenue junction.

No arrests have been made.

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