Man critical, girl hurt in motorbike crash

A three-year-old girl who wasn't wearing a helmet has escaped serious injury after the motorcycle she was on, ridden by a young man, smashed into a car in southern NSW.

The crash has left the 20-year-old man, who was also riding without a helmet, fighting for life in hospital.

Police say the mini motorbike crashed into a car on Wednesday evening at Corowa, about 50km west of Albury, with the man taken to Canberra hospital in a critical condition.

The young girl was treated in Corowa hospital for facial bruising and swelling, while the 25-year-old female driver of the car wasn't injured.