If ever there was a scene to promote the wearing of a cycle helmet, this is it. Rider of a bicycle and a car have collided on Birkacre Brow, Coppull. Rider off to hospital and road will be open shortly. #t1tacops

Thanks for the replies - hopefully everyone knows we would never, ever victim blame. The rider has a broken arm but was wearing a helmet which has undoubtedly helped to prevent more serious injury and the original tweet just sought to highlight their benefits

Folks, this tweet is simply reporting the facts of a collision so you know what we do on a daily basis. Whilst we appreciate that this isn't always the case, on this occasion the motorist was COMPLETELY blameless & it is unfair on him to allow trial by twitter to imply otherwise.