About 2.25pm,  emergency services were called to Nundle Road, Dungowan, following reports of a crash between a motorcycle and a car.

Initial investigations suggest a 54-year-old man riding a Harley Davidson motorcycle, and a 64-year-old man driving a Nissan Patrol utility crashed head-on.

The rider was treated at the scene by Ambulance Paramedics, however died at the scene.

The driver was taken to Tamworth Hospital for mandatory blood and urine testing.

A crime scene was established by officers from Oxley Local Area Command and investigations into the incident are continuing.