A British motorcyclist has died in a car accident in northern Spain.

The 62-year-old collided head-on with a van this afternoon on a road running beside the A-12 motorway, in a municipality called Iguzkitza around a 35-minute drive from Pamplona where the famous San Fermin festival takes place every year.

Emergency services got a call around 1.40pm today.

They sent ambulances and a medicalised helicopter to the scene as well as police and firefighters, but there was nothing they could do to save his life.

The tragedy happened on the NA-1110 road between Azketa and Iratxe.