Stéblová train disaster

When

14 Nov 1960

Kind

Rail accident

Coordinates

50.09° N, 15.75° E

Description

1960 Czechoslovakian railway accident

Deaths

118

Injured

110

1960 railway accident in Czechoslovakia

The Stéblová train disaster was a railway accident that occurred on 14 November 1960 at 17:42 CET on a single-track railway in Stéblová in Czechoslovakia. At 17:42 CET, a passenger steam train 608 traveling at a speed of 55 km/h collided with a diesel railcar 653 traveling at a speed of 60 km/h. 118 people died as a result of the accident and 110 were badly injured.

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