UPDATE 9.45am: The road is now clear.

THERE are tailbacks in Hylton Road, Worcester this morning after a woman fell off her bicycle and hit her head.

The woman came off her bicycle at around 8.55am near the embankment opposite the Worcester News building and hit the pavement.

She is currently being tended to by paramedics, and a parked ambulance is blocking one lane of the road for drivers heading towards the city centre.

Traffic is slowing down in both directions.