A MAN from Southampton is in a critical condition in hospital after a road smash.

The 57-year-old is in St Richard's Hospital in Chichester after his VW Caddy van was in collision with a black VW Golf at a junction in Bognor Regis in West Sussex at 3pm yesterday.

The Golf driver, a 54-year-old woman from Bognor suffered minor injuries and the road was closed for several hours while the wreckage was cleared.

Witnesses should contact police on 101 or email collision.appeal@sussex.pnn.police.uk quoting Operation Stanstead.