A cyclist has died after being involved in a crash with a car in south east London, police said.

Officers and the London Ambulance Service raced to the scene, on Bestwood Street, in Deptford, at about 10.15 am on Saturday.

Once there, the male cyclist was pronounced dead.

Police are working to establish the cyclist’s identity and inform his next of kin.

The driver, police added, stopped at the scene of the crash.

Several buses were diverted following the crash, with police putting road closures in place.

In a statement, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: “There have been no arrests; enquiries into the circumstances remain ongoing.

“Anyone with information or who witnessed the collision is asked to contact police via 101 and quote CAD 2432/29Sep.”

The cyclist's death comes just over a week after another cyclist, Maria Bitner-Glindzic, was killed in a collision in Clerkenwell.

Professor Maria Bitner-Glindzicz, 55, who died on September 20, was a professor of human and molecular genetics at the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, linked to University College London.