A DRIVER has avoided jail after his aggressive and petulant driving caused a three vehicle crash on the A27.

Lee Allwright's actions caused an accident between a bus and a BMW, which then shunted into his Peugeot.

It happened on the busy A27 near Shoreham after Allwright became annoyed after joining the trunk road from the entry slip onto the eastbound carriageway and aggressively overtook a BMW X3 as they both joined.

The driver of the BMW flashed him and Allwright braked ahead of the BMW and stopped in the middle lane of the 70mph road.

His action caused the Compass bus to hit the BMW, which then shunted into his Peugeot at around 7.30am on November 27, 2015.

PC Jon Bennion-Jones, from the Sussex Police road policing unit, said: "Fortunately, there were no passengers on the bus and the incident was caught on their CCTV system.

"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.

"We would ask anyone who sees antisocial driving to report it to Operation Crackdown."

Allwright, 29, of West Street, Storrington, pleaded guilty at Worthing Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, January 12 to dangerous driving.

The 29-year-old was banned from the roads for two years with an extended retest, 200 hours of community service and around £835 in fines and costs.