Currently in Sydney to accompany wife Nicole Kidman while she films the Baz Luhrmann epic Australia, country singer Keith Urban has been involved in a motorcycle accident he claims was caused by paparazzi.

The singer, who was unhurt, was heading to an AA meeting on Monday 1 October when he fell from his bike.

"The incident was the result of one person's desire to do his job and my desire to maintain my privacy," Urban said in a statement.

"While out riding to an AA meeting, a time when my privacy is especially important to me, I felt myself being pursued. I sped up, and in an effort to elude an oncoming car, which was making an illegal U-turn, saw no choice but to drop my bike. In actual fact, my pursuer came to my assistance, without taking photos, and helped me from the road. I returned home, got my car, and continued on my way."