This is a list of rail accidents from 1960 to 1969.
1960
January 7 – Italy – At Monza, an express from Sondrio to Milan failed to slow as it approaches a construction zone with a speed limit on the temporary track and derails on the sharp curve. One source says 30 people were killed and 70 injured; another says 17 killed and 120 injured. January 10 – United States – The New York Central Railroad's Southwest Limited from St. Louis to Cleveland, instead of slowing to pick up a train order at Wellington, Ohio, approached too fast in the fog and derailed. The signal tower was demolished, but the signalman was safely on the ground preparing to hand over the train order. Six people were killed and at least 40 injured. January 11 – United States – Nine people were injured after a Santa Fe Chief slammed into a stalled truck near Sanford, Texas. January 21 – United Kingdom – Settle rail crash: On an express passenger train from Glasgow to London, the driver heard a knocking sound on his BR Standard Class 7 steam locomotive and stopped, but could not identify the problem in a snowstorm at night. He decided to proceed cautiously to the next motive power depot, but before getting there, the engine's motion came apart and struck the tracks. The track damage derailed a freight train passing in the opposite direction; the derailed cars collided with the passenger train, killing five people and injuring nine. January 28 – United Kingdom – An electric multiple unit overran signals at Borough Market Junction, London and collided sidelong with a diesel-electric multiple unit. Another electric multiple unit collided with the derailed train. Seven people were injured. February 13 – Canada – On the CNR, the Super Continental, running 3 hours late, collided head-on with a 39-car freight train near Osawin, west of Hornepayne, Ontario. The passenger train's engineer was killed and 33 passengers and 4 railwaymen were injured. March 1 – United States – Bakersfield, California – The Chicago-bound San Francisco Chief collided with a fuel truck on Allen Road, just north of Rosedale Highway, killing 14: ten passengers, three crew members, and the driver of the truck. April 1 – United Kingdom – An electric multiple unit collided with a light engine between Loughborough Junction and due to a signalman's error. One person was killed and twelve were injured. May 15 – East Germany – Leipzig: Two local trains collided in Leipzig central station owing to a default in the electricity supply to the station which also affected the signalling and a following dispatcher error. Fifty-four people died, 200 were injured. July 8 – India – As a train crossed the Yamuna River bridge at Mathura in the North Eastern Railway zone with people riding on the roof, 25 of them were knocked off by the bridge superstructure and killed. July 12 – Argentina – Comodoro Rivadavia rail disaster – In Comodoro Rivadavia a passenger train suffered a brake failure, it lost control and crashed into another train at high speed. Three people died and many other were severely injured. July 28 – Cuba – Near Camagüey, a civilian train carrying militia from Oriente Province to Havana, reportedly suffering a brake failure, collided with the train ahead, a military passenger train also from Oriente to Havana. Several people were killed and 80 were injured. November 14 – Czechoslovakia – Stéblová train disaster: 118 people were killed and 110 injured in a head-on collision. November 21 – Netherlands – Woerden train disaster: A British train derailed at Woerden, killing two. Due to work on the track, a temporary speed limit of was posted with special signs, but the train was traveling at when it derailed. November 29 – Canada – Lamont, Alberta: A CN train collided with a school bus at a level crossing on the edge of town, killing 17 students.