Place	Blackheath Tunnel, Kent, England
Date	Friday 16th December 1864
Railway Company	South Eastern Railway
No. of Fatalities	5
Cause of Accident	Collision
Description	Ballast train split in tunnel due to poor rail adhesion. Confusion by signalman led to following train from Maidstone being allowed into tunnel section. Five platelayers in a van at the rear of the ballast train were killed.

List of Fatalities

0 of the 5 fatalities that have been identifed so far are listed in the table below together with brief notes on any other information found so far.

The last column shows the General Register Office (England and Wales), Statutory Register (Scotland), General Register Northern Ireland or Civil Registration for Ireland reference where this has been identified.

Surname	First Names	Age	Occupation	Residence	Notes	GRO/SR/GRONI/GROIE Reference