House of Lords peer Lord Taylor of Blackburn injured in mobility scooter crash

A senior peer has been seriously injured crossing a road outside the House of Lords on his mobility scooter.

Lord Taylor of Blackburn, aged 87, was hurt in a collision with a van just after 6pm yesterday and taken to a south London hospital where his condition was “stable”.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the accident on Millbank, close to the junction with Great College Road.

Lord Taylor was leader of Blackburn council in the 1970s and became a businessman after being made a life peer in 1978.

There have been no arrests and the driver stopped at the scene. Witnesses are asked to call police on 020 8543 5157.