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

Date	Location	Railroad	Description	Outcome
November 23, 1996	Portal Drawbridge, Secaucus	AMTK	Amtrak Train 12 derailed while crossing Portal Drawbridge.  While derailing, it sideswiped Amtrak Train 79 crossing in opposite direction.	42 Injuries 3.6 Million  Damages
February 9, 1996	West End  Interlocking,  Secaucus	NJT	NJ Transit train 1107 to Suffern ran a red signal and crashed in a near head on collision with train 1254 to Hoboken. Comet II cab 5146 and GP40PH-2A 4148 damaged.	3 Fatalities 69 Injuries 3.3 Million  Damages
December 30, 1985	Hoboken	NJT	Commuter train rammed into concrete bumper at Hoboken Terminal.	54 Injuries
July 7, 1982	Fair Lawn	CR	Conrail/ NJDOT train bound for Hoboken was switched onto a siding at track speed by vandals.  The train crashed into Zerega Brothers Pasta Factory.  Comet I cars 1512, 1768, 1809 damaged.	1 Fatality
July 9, 1980	Linden	AMTK	Work train X4934 collided with passenger train 225	?
December 21, 1978	Somerville	CR	Two CR/ NJDOT commuter trains collided head on just west of Somerville Station.	11 Injuries
June 1977	Metuchen	CR	Manifest freight broke apart mid train, resulting in boxcars and hoppers spilling goods on the right of way.	No Injuries
July 7, 1974	Belleville	EL	Two Commuter trains collided head on in Belleville.  The cause was believed to be confusion between train crew members.	31 Injuries
1973	Montclair	EL	The trucks of one of the flat cars on NY100 Piggyback train derailed in the Montclair Erie Plaza station, dragging a mile down the track, then derailed into several yards in Glen Ridge and Bloomfield.  It tied up commuter traffic for over a week on the Boonton Line.  The wreck raised such a furor that residents took the Erie Lackawanna to court and before the ICC.  The ICC ruled in favor of the railroad.	No injuries
Summer 1973	Long Branch	PC	An eastbound commuter train on the New York and Long Branch derailed after hitting a bad section of track.  One E8 engine and five coaches derailed after departing Long Branch station.  It caused the Newark Star Ledger to launch their own investigative reporting into conditions on the line, nicknamed "The Life and Death Railroad."  The un-derailed coaches were uncoupled and pulled back to the Long Branch station by a CNJ GP40P.	?
March 21, 1973	Raritan	CNJ	A push-pull commuter train was leaving Raritan Yard, being lead by a cab car and pushed by a GP40P and GP7 #1524.  The GP40P was closest to the train with the GP7 at the rear of the train.  The track gave way under the GP40P, causing the GP7 to come loose and derail.	No injuries
March 9, 1973	Newburgh Jct. (New York)	EL	Erie Lackawanna commuter train X51 was deadheading a passenger consist when it was rear ended by EL freight train CX99 in heavy fog.  Comet I cars 1502, 1522, 1607, 1755, 1758 and U33C 3305 damaged.	No injuries
November 4, 1972	Elizabeth	CNJ	Boxcar midway through CNJ freight train failed to clear the Penn Central NEC Bridge at Broad Street.  Resulted in destruction of of the station's northbound shelter.	No injuries
November 16, 1970	Mahwah	EL	Eastbound freight derailed, blocking all four tracks of the Main Line.  Passenger service diverted over what is now NJT Pascack Valley Line and back to Main Line over now defunct connection between Spring Valley and Suffern.	?
May 1970	Elberon	PC	The Owl (the last departure from Penn Station) derailed in Elberon while heading westbound towards Bay Head. The rear truck of the last coach (class P 70) derailed, tearing up about 2,000 feet of rail before stopping. CNJ Steam wrecker #5 was brought to the site to put it back on the rails.	?
August 30, 1967	Passaic	EL	EL Commuter train collided head on with a freight train on a narrow trestle in Passaic	2 Fatalities
Fall 1966	Montville	EL	SC 2 derailed in Montville, New Jersey on the Boonton line, just west of the US 202 overpass.  No injuries, but school bus traffic had to be detoured about 20 miles out of the way to get high school students from parts of Montville and all of Lincoln Park to Boonton.	No injuries
November 2, 1966	Port Morris	EL	Phillipsburg Drill parked at Port Morris.  The crew left the train unattended while going to lunch, and somehow it broke loose, eventually accelerating to over 60 miles per hour and it crashed head on into a 4 car electric train at Dover station, killing the engineer.  A GP 7 and an RS 3 were involved.  The lead GP 7 survived, while the RS 3 flew over the wreckage and was later scrapped.	1 Fatality 8 Injuries
August 19, 1965	Riegelsville	PRR	Freight X8634 South and freight X8916 North collided head on in manual block territory due to a misunderstanding of orders provided by Kent Tower.	4 Injuries
July 24, 1963	Harrison	PRR/  H&M	Signal system at Hudson Interlocking failed to report occupancy of a blocked track section.  Hudson and Manhattan K4 cars sideswiped PRR Road Switcher 8840.	2 Fatalities 27 Injuries
December 14, 1958	Grove Street, Jersey City	H&M	Train from Hudson Terminal rear ended train from Hoboken at Grove Street.	35 Injuries
September 15, 1958	Newark Bay Bridge, Elizabethport	CNJ	Train from Bay Head ran a red signal displaying Newark Bay Drawbridge had been opened and plunged into Newark Bay.  The first car of the train had been locked, and was not occupied at all, which kept casualties low.	47 Fatalities 48 Injuries
September 16, 1957	Journal Square, Jersey City	H&M	Train ran red signal and automatic train stop device failed, causing six car trainset to rear end a four car trainset just east of Journal Square.	22 Injuries
July 27, 1956	Wildwood Jct.,  Rio Grande	PRSL	Motor truck driver failed to stop at Route 9 Grade Crossing.  RDC M405 was struck and landed on its side.	1 Fatality 17 Injuries
January 15, 1954	Camden	PRSL	Two car RDC trainset was rear ended by first class express in Camden Passenger Yard.	28 Injuries
November 30, 1953	XW Interlocking,  Paterson	ERIE	Erie train bound for Hoboken proceeded the wrong way through XW Interlocking and collided head just west of Paterson Station with another Erie train bound for Port Jervis.	17 Injuries
January 19, 1953	Granton Jct.	NYSW/ ERIE	NYSW Rail Diesel Car passed through a signal displaying proceed and struck the rear of Erie freight train X1239.	22 Injuries
January 24, 1952	Hoboken	DLW	Multiple unit trainset undergoing repairs in Hoboken Yard broke free and collided head on with a train boarding on terminal track one.	1 Fatality 3 Injuries
February 6, 1951	Woodbridge	PRR	"The Broker", originating in Jersey City was moving at speeds upwards of 50 MPH on a temporary trestle and curve.  The assigned limit was posted at 25 MPH.	84 Fatalities 350 Injuries

KEY

AMTK	Amtrak
CNJ	Jersey Central
CR	Conrail
DLW	Lackawanna
EL	Erie Lackawanna
ERIE	Erie
H&M	Hudson and Manhattan
NJDOT	NJ Department of Transportation
NJT	NJ Transit
NYSW	Susquehanna
PC	Penn Central
PRR	Pennsylvania
PRSL	Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines