Grafton bus crash
| Grafton bus crash | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Date | 20 October 1989 04:00 |
| Location | Pacific Highway, Grafton, New South Wales |
| Country | Australia |
| Operator | Sunliner Express |
| Cause | Truck driver fatigue, aggravated by narrow highway. |
| Statistics | |
| Vehicles | 2 |
| Passengers | 45 |
| Deaths | 21 |
| Injured | 32 |
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. Two months later it was surpassed by the Kempsey bus crash that killed 35 passengers.