What is the deadliest bus crash?
A school bus crash on May 21, 1976, in California remains the deadliest bus crash in U.S. history. A bus overturned on a Bay Area freeway off-ramp when its brakes failed. The crash claimed 29 lives, most of them high school students. A choir from the Yuba City High School was on board the bus.
Why is Clybucca infamous?
The garden commemorates those who died in the crash of two buses near Clybucca in 1989, with the loss of 35 lives. It is Australia`s worst road disaster. Two full tourist coaches collided head-on in the early morning at Clybucca Flat, 12 kilometres north of Kempsey, leaving 35 dead and 41 injured.
How likely is a bus crash?
The researchers note that, on average, about 63,000 buses [of all kinds] are involved in an accident each year; about 14,000 result in an injured person, and 325 result in a fatal injury.
Are bus crashes dangerous?
The results of bus accidents can be catastrophic, they range from damaged property, to serious injuries, to death. The most frequently reported injuries caused by bus accidents include broken bones, spinal cord injuries, burns, and head trauma.
Where was the bus crash in New South Wales?
The Grafton bus crash killed 21 people and injured 22 on the Pacific Highway on the North Coast of New South Wales near Grafton.
Where was the worst bus accident in Queensland?
Twelve people were killed — and 39 injured — in Queensland’s worst bus accident at Boondall, in Brisbane, on this day in 1994.
When was the worst accident in South Australia?
Almost 50 years have passed since South Australia’s worst-ever road and rail crash, but memories of the aftermath remain vivid for those who helped at the scene. The collision between a Bluebird train and a double-decker bus north of Adelaide on April 12, 1970 killed 17 people and injured more than 40 others.
When did the Clybucca bus crash happen in Australia?
It was the worst loss of life on Australian roads; an inconceivable tragedy. Just two months later on December 22, the unthinkable happened. Two buses full of people heading home for Christmas crashed head-on in another rural area at Clybucca, just north of Kempsey.
