Actress Heather Locklear has been hospitalised for minor injuries after a car accident here.

The 55-year-old on Thursday crashed her car into a ditch, tmz.com quoted police as saying.

According to law enforcement sources, Locklear was sober and neither drugs or alcohol played a role in the accident.

The actress, who has appeared in shows like "T.J. Hooker", "Dynasty" and "Melrose Place", has a history involving both substance abuse and dangerous incidents on the road.

In September 2008, she was arrested in connection with suspicion of driving under the influence and being under the influence of a controlled substance in Montecito, California.

In April 2010, she was arrested again when she was accused of hit-and-run after authorities with the Ventura County Sheriff's claimed she crashed her car into a no-parking sign located in the gated community she resided in and abandoned the scene.