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A22 crash in Mid Sussex on 13 December 2025 at 09:48 involving an Alexander Dennis bus

An Alexander Dennis bus and a car were involved in a crash on the A22 in Mid Sussex at 09:48 on Saturday 13 December 2025. The 56-year-old male driver of the Alexander Dennis bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Dec 2025
Saturday, 09:48
Vehicles
2
Alexander Dennis and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.129, longitude -0.01514, in the RH19 postcode district and within the built-up area of East Grinstead. It is one of the crashes that make up the East Grinstead Town, Mid Sussex, RH19 1TT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Sussex

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025471682552
Council area
Mid Sussex
Police force
Sussex
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form
Highway authority
West Sussex

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
22
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Second road class
A
Second road number
22

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Alexander Dennis

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    6,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

  • Vehicle 2: Car

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alexander Dennis)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from home
    20 to 100 km

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2025471682552 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Sussex road accident statistics for 2025.