The incident took place at about 1920 BST on Tuesday on the B645 near Great Staughton.

A blue Honda motorcycle, which was travelling towards Great Staughton, collided head on with a silver Peugeot 406 just after a left hand bend.

Police said the 36-year-old motorcycle rider, who was from Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, was taken to Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon but died from his injuries.

The driver of the car, a 40-year-old woman from Waltham Abbey in Essex, suffered shock and bruising.

Two 15-year-old boys, both from Essex, who were passengers in her vehicle, also escaped serious injury.

Pc Pete Simpson from Cambridgeshire Police said: "The motorbike was travelling with three others and we would appeal to anyone who saw them or the Peugeot in the moments leading up to the crash to contact us."