The Kempsey bus crash killed 35 people and injured 41 on the Pacific Highway near Kempsey, New South Wales on 22 December 1989 when a McCafferty's Coaches coach operating an express service from Brisbane to Sydney collided head on with a Trans City Express coach operating an express service from Sydney to Brisbane.
On December 22, 1989, near Kempsey in New South Wales, the Pacific Highway witnessed a bus crash that claimed 35 lives and injured 41 people. A McCafferty's Coaches coach traveling from Brisbane to Sydney collided head-on with a Trans City Express coach heading from Sydney to Brisbane.