South Australia, January 2001

Bus crash, Nuriootpa, 2001

Name: Transport - Bus crash, Nuriootpa 2001
Start: 2001-01-29
End: 0001-01-01
Location: SA

Quick Statistics

1 Fatalities

26 Injured

On 29 January 2001, a bus-load of school students collided with a truck at Nuriootpa. The driver of the bus died and up to 26 students were injured, three seriously.

Sources

Barossa Herald 2001, ‘School bus tragedy’, 31 January 2001, website viewed 7 March 2012.
Illawarra Mercury 2001, ‘One dead, dozens hurt in bus crash’, 30 January 2001, website viewed 7 March 2012