North Balgowlah bus crash: pedal error likely cause, but investigator says streets were a risk too

Key points

• A transport safety investigator has found a bus driver likely pressed the accelerator instead of the brake before a North Balgowlah crash last October. The bus struck a carport and retaining wall at Coramba Street and Taree Avenue.
• The Office of Transport Safety Investigations also found narrow streets and on-street parking made the route difficult for drivers. Nobody on the bus or in the home was physically injured.
• The findings do not assign blame or liability.