Handcross Hill bus crash

Handcross Hill bus crash
A 1906 postcard showing the wrecked bus
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Date12 July 1906 (1906-07-12)
LocationHandcross Hill, Sussex
Coordinates51°03′13″N 0°12′02″W / 51.05356°N 0.20044°W / 51.05356; -0.20044
CountryUnited Kingdom
Incident typeBus accident
CauseGearbox and brake failure
Statistics
Vehicles1
Passengers34
Crew2
Deaths10
Injured26

On 12 July 1906, a bus crashed into a tree on Handcross Hill in Sussex, England, killing 10 people and injuring a further 26 in the worst road crash in Sussex history.