What the records say
- When
- 20 Oct 1989
- Kind
- Road accident
- Coordinates
- 29.57° S, 153.09° E
- Description
- 1989 bus crash in Australia
- Deaths
- 21
Grafton bus crash
1989 bus crash in Australia
The Grafton bus crash killed 21 people and injured 22 on the Pacific Highway near Grafton, Australia on 20 October 1989 when a semi-trailer truck collided with a Sunliner Express coach operating an express service from Sydney to Brisbane. At the time, it was the worst in Australian road transport history in terms of number of deaths.
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