The Singleton Bank rail crash occurred on 16 July 1961 near Weeton, Lancashire, England.

The latter had been working in the vicinity of Singleton Bank signal box and was about to leave to clear the section for the express.

[1] The signalman at Singleton misunderstood a telephone message which led him to make a serious error and accept the diesel train irregularly.

The accident report also strongly criticised the local inspectors for allowing poor working practices.

[1] This England rail transport related article is a stub.