Note:  Minor grade crossing accidents and pedestrian accidents are not listed here.

Date	Location	Railroad	Description	Outcome
November 11, 1833	Hightstown	C&A	An axle broke on a passenger car causing the train to tumble down a thirty foot embankment.  James Stedman, a jewler from Raleigh, North Carolina was killed.  This was the first railroad related passenger fatality.	1 Fatality
November 19, 1836	Roseville	MERR	A defective switch caused two coaches to derail.	2 Fatalities
April 23, 1853	Rancocas Creek	C&A	There was a failure to signal an oncoming C&A train that the bridge had been opened.  The train plunged into the creek.	?
August 29, 1855	Burlington	C&A	Two trains stopped just short of each other on the single track line.  One train proceeded to reverse toward a passing siding at 30 MPH and struck a horse and buggy.  The last four cars of the train crumpled together.	24 Fatalites 100 Injuries
August 25, 1856	Phillipsburg	LV	The weight of two locomotives caused the wooden trestle over the Morris Canal to break apart.	2 Fatalities 1 Injury
December 14, 1889	Overpeck Creek	NYSW	Heavy snow glazed the face of a signal that showed the bridge had been opened.  A coal train plunged into the creek at full speed.	3 Fatalities
January 15, 1894	Newark	MERR	An express train bound for Dover crashed into an express train bound for South Orange.	11 Fatalities 35 Injuries
July 30, 1896	Atlantic City	ACRR/ WJ&S	WJ&S Excursion struck the rear of an ACRR Express.	47 Fatalites 100 Injuries

KEY

ACRR	Atlantic City Railroad
C&A	Camden and Amboy
LV	Lehigh Valley
MERR	Morris and Essex Railroad
NYSW	New York, Susquehanna, and Western
WJ&S	West Jersey & Seashore