A car has ended up going down a bank and onto the cycle path below after a crash in Stevenage this afternoon.

The Comet: A police officer has been controlling traffic following the crash in Stevenage's Fairlands Way, at the junction for Derby Way. Picture: Nick GillA police officer has been controlling traffic following the crash in Stevenage's Fairlands Way, at the junction for Derby Way. Picture: Nick Gill (Image: Archant)

Police were called after a two-car collision in Fairlands Way saw one car leave the road and end up down a bank next to the junction for Derby Way.

Fairlands Way is blocked in the eastbound direction, with a police officer directing vehicles past the scene.

It does not appear that anybody has been seriously injured, with no ambulance personnel at the scene at this time.