Nick Grimshaw says he isn't hurt, after he crashed his car near his home in London while trying to avoid running over a cat.

The DJ was on his way to the BBC Radio 1 studios when the accident happened on Monday night.

"The car went upside down. I'm absolutely fine," he told colleagues on the station's breakfast show.

"I turned out of my house, my car flipped over and went over on its side," he explained.

"People were like, 'You can't have been doing 15 miles per hour.' I was, that's how embarrassing this was.

"I came out of my street, turned right, saw quite a large ginger cat. I was like, 'Oh no, a cat.' Rather than killing the cat, I drove into a car.

"The car that I hit made my car tip over. The woman's car is absolutely fine... She needs a new wheel arch, which I guess I'm paying for."

The 32-year-old said the pictures shared on social media made the incident look far more dramatic than it was.

Police and fire crews attended the scene.

"The cat's fine. It sat there for the full two hours while I was out in the street," he said.

The car went upside down. I'm absolutely fine Nick Grimshaw

"The cat met the police, the cat met the fire brigade, the cat watched me make a call to insurance to organise someone to pick the car up."

Nick Grimshaw was on his way to make a guest appearance on Annie Mac's show to discuss the new Frank Ocean album, alongside MistaJam.

Instead he waited on the street, as his £80,000 G-Wagon was towed away.

A statement from his agent confirmed the news, saying: ""Nick is absolutely fine - he was driving at no more than 15mph and he swerved to avoid a cat."

The cat, thought to be a local stray tabby, is said to be fine as well.

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