Road rage driver who caused three-car smash by stopping on busy A-road during BMW row is spared jail

This is the shocking moment a driver with extreme road rage cause a three-vehicle crash when he stopped in the middle lane of a major A-road during morning rush-hour.

CCTV from a bus involved in the crash shows the moment Lee Allwright, 29, slammed on his brakes to cause the collision on the 70mph-limit A27 near Shoreham, West Sussex.

Traffic officers said someone could have been killed and that it was fortunate there were no passengers on board the bus at the time.

Allwright, who has narrowly avoided a jail term following the incident, was seen in the footage aggressively overtaking a BMW X3 in his Peugeot 308 as they both joined the eastbound A27 at around 7.30am on November 27 2015.

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The BMW driver flashed Allwright who then braked ahead, stopping in the middle lane.

His sudden stoppage caused a Compass bus to hit the BMW, which then shunted Allwright’s car.

Allwright, of West Street, Storrington, pleaded guilty at Worthing Magistrates’ Court to dangerous driving and was given a two-year ban with extended retest, 200 hours community service and around £835 in fines and costs.

Pc Jon Bennion-Jones, of the Arundel road policing unit, said: “This could have been much more serious and could have resulted in someone being injured or killed.

“Allwright’s actions show his total disregard for anyone else and how a moment of madness has cost him his licence.”