The 38 year old Scotsman who now resides at Onchan in the Isle of Man was knocked out in the accident and taken to hospital whereby he underwent surgery on Sunday evening to repair the damage to his right ankle and is expected to remain there for a few days.

The impact with the concrete wall, caused when Hislop slid under the protective barrier, saw him sustain a break to the right tibia, which compressed the ankle joint causing a compound fracture also. Hislop broke his right collarbone in the smash also and lost a lot of skin after being trapped under the sliding bike.

As a result, Hislop's injuries are sufficiently serious to rule him out of the final and deciding round of the championship at Donington Park on October 14th and in doing so, has conceded victory to main rival Reynolds who trailed Hislop by 25 points going into the penultimate round at Rockingham.