On 12 April 1970 there was a collision between a Bluebird train and a double-decker bus north of Adelaide. The bus collided with the train at a level crossing. The crash killed 17 people and injured more than 40 others.

Those who died were on the bus and were aged between nine and 74.

The bus was carrying families from the Adelaide Gothic Hotel social club who were returning from a picnic at Wasleys, while the train was heading north, bound for Gladstone.