2004 Ingoldmells bus crash

At around 17:00 BST on 11 April 2004, a double-decker bus was involved in a collision with a car and a number of pedestrians outside the Fantasy Island amusement park on Sea Lane in Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire, England.

The incident remained the deadliest bus collision in the United Kingdom during the 21st century until it was surpassed by the 2017 M1 motorway crash involving a minibus.

The bus was being driven along Sea Lane in Ingoldmells, close to the Fantasy Island amusement park, at the time of the incident.

[5] Following the collision, the section of Sea Lane on which the incident took place was pedestrianised,[6] following numerous protests[7] and a petition signed by 5,000 people.

[8] However, the pedestrianisation of Sea Lane was later criticised for splitting Ingoldmells in half, causing further traffic problems, [9] which resulted in Sea Lane being reopened to traffic again, but with safety measures in place, such as a 20mph zone, speed bumps, crash barriers and new pedestrian crossings.

Topasna admitted the charges upon appearance at Lincoln Crown Court on 18 October 2005, stating that he had mistakenly pressed the accelerator instead of the brake in a case of pedal confusion.

Fantasy Island amusement park in Ingoldmells, close to the site of the accident