A MAN is in a critical but stable condition, following a crash involving a motorbike in Pontypool.

The single vehicle crash happened in New Road, in Garndiffaith, Pontypool, at around 12.50pm on Saturday.

A spokeswoman for Gwent Police said: "On Saturday, June 10 at 12.51, we received a report of a single vehicle collision involving a motorbike on New Road in Garndiffaith, Pontypool.

"A 25-year-old man from Pontypool was taken to hospital, where his condition is described as critical but stable."