Tania Hird has said husband James is recovering in hospital after being knocked off his bike in Melbourne’s inner-suburbs yesterday.

The 45-year-old was cycling along Burnley Street in Richmond when he was struck by a car just after 3pm.

Hird was taken to the Epworth Hospital with injuries to his wrist and knee.

It's the second time in three years the former football star has been hit while cycling (File image). (9News)

Mrs Hird told the media this morning the former Essendon coach had not suffered any head injuries.

“We had a fabulous surgeon, and the staff at the hospital have been wonderful, they’ve done a terrific job,” Mrs Hird said outside her home.

“He’s had a pin and plates put in his knee and wrist, but no knocks to his head which is fantastic.”

Tania Hird spoke to the media outside her home this morning. (9NEWS)

She also thanked the bystanders who assisted Hird in the moments after the crash.

Hird is no stranger to bike accidents, having suffered a severe concussion in 2015 when his bicycle slipped on tram tracks.

He had been riding home from football training at the time.

Hird has been taken to hospital following the collision. (File image) (9news)

Hird has kept a low profile since he resigned as Essendon coach in August 2015.

His tenure as coach was thrown into turmoil by the 2012 supplements program and subsequent Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority investigation, which led to 34 past and present Bombers being banned for the 2016 season.

Before the supplements saga, Hird had been one of Windy Hill's most-treasured sons, playing 253 games for Essendon and winning the Brownlow Medal in 1996.

In May last year, Hird was left facing legal bills of almost $700,000 after he lost a Victorian Supreme Court bid to have Essendon's insurer pay his legal fees linked to the supplements scandal.

Hird sued Chubb Insurance after the company refused to pay the legal costs of his failed challenge against ASADA in the Federal Court in 2014, and the cost of a subsequent appeal that Hird lost in 2015.