Steve Abraham's attempt to beat Tommy Godwin's record for riding the longest distance in a year could be over after he broke two bones in an ankle following a collision with a moped today near Wellington, Somerset.

The news was anounced in a series of tweets from Abraham's official Twitter account the first of which, posted at lunchtime today, read:

There has been an incident on A38 Steve+bike are fine. Steve is having a well earned sleep at a team members house, will keep you all posted — steve abraham (@steve_abraham74) March 29, 2015

Shortly after 7pm this evening, three more tweets were posted confirming the extent of his injuries.

Extremely sad to announce that aprox 8.10am Steve was ridden into by a moped Steve tried to carry on but stopped in Wellington.Pls next post — steve abraham (@steve_abraham74) March 29, 2015

He was collected by one of the team and taken to hospital.He has 2 broken bones in his ankle and is currently in plaster.See next post — steve abraham (@steve_abraham74) March 29, 2015

is looking highly likely that he will require an operation to have a plate and screws. That is all the information available at the moment — steve abraham (@steve_abraham74) March 29, 2015

Abraham, who is based in Milton Keynes, is attempting to break Tommy Godwin's record of 75,065 miles, set in 1939.

As of Friday, he was more than 2,600 miles ahead of Godwin's pace.

More to follow.