A MAN has been air-lifted to hospital after a road traffic accident in Abbey Wood this morning.

Ambulance crews arrived at the scene near Knee Hill on Woolwich Road after they were called to a road traffic collision between a car and a person at around 9am.

The man, said to be in his 30s, was treated for head injuries and flown to Royal London Hospital.

A London Ambulance spokeswoman said two ambulances, officers and an air ambulance attended the scene and staff treated two patients including a 47-year-old female who was not taken to hospital.