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

Date	Location	Railroad	Description	Outcome
July 14, 2003	Secaucus	NJT	NJ Transit train 3920 traveling to New York derailed between Newark Penn Station and Secaucus Transfer.  The train had been stopped at Edison after a trackside hotbox detector detected an overheating wheel.  The train was tested by the conductor, but the test showed there was nothing wrong.  The wheel on Arrow III 1368 overheated to the point where it came off the train, causing the derailment.	12 Injuries
April 15, 2003	Orange Street, Newark	NJT	A truck ran through a red light and crashed into the side of Newark City Subway Light Rail Car 103.  The truck punctured the shell of the car and derailed it.	20 Injuries
February 9, 2002	Linden	CR	Freight train bound for South Kearny Yard derailed.  Derailment caused major damage to catenary, cross catenary, and signal systems on the Northeast Corridor.  All Amtrak and NJT Newark Division trains were suspended.	No injuries
June 20, 2000	Jersey City	NJT/ MTA	A sanitation truck in a parking lot adjacent to the railroad tracks backed into the tracks and the rear of the truck struck one of the rails, causing it to shift.  Metro North Train 55 to Port Jervis derailed upon hitting the section of track.  The engineer had slowed the train from 60mph to 35mph upon seeing the damaged section of track ahead.	27 Injuries $160,000 damages

KEY

CR	Conrail
MTA	Metro North
NJT	New Jersey Transit