Notes - The information in this page is mainly sourced from the appendix to the Mine Inspectors report for this year. Many accidents are not listed in these reports and additional names have been added from newspaper reports and other sources - these are indicated by a shaded gray background.
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| Month | Day | Name of Colliery | Near where situated | Owners name | Person(s) killed | Cause of death | |
| January | 15 | Downieston | Ayrshire | Adam Graham | Ayrshire accidents | ||
| March | 9 | No 4 Brownsburn | Lanarkshire | Hugh Brown | Newspaper report - New Monkland pages | ||
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| April | 8 | Lochgelly | Fife | John Syme | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths | ||
| May | 11 | Donibristle | Fife | Adam Adamson | Newspaper report - Fife accidents | ||
| June | 22 | Townhill | Fife | Thomas Izat | Newspaper report - Fife accidents | ||
| July | 8 | Balbardie | Bathgate | James Hosie | Alexander Easton | From coming into contact with crank of engine | |
| July | 10 | Ayr Colliery | Ayr | John Taylor Gordon | John Shaw | Explosion of fire damp | |
| July | 19 | Woodlands | Alloa | Robert Bald | Alexander Innes | Fell of the cage when ascending pit | |
| July | 20 | Summerlee | Coatbridge | Messrs Wilson & Co | William Harkness | The winding rope falling on him in a sinking pit | |
| July | 27 | Cleland | Holytown | Robert Stewart | James Johnstone | Fall of coal at face | |
| July | 29 | Rosehall | Coatbridge | Messrs Adie & Miller | Robert Bell | Fell from a scaffold at pithead to the surface | |
| July | 31 | Rosehall | Coatbridge | Messrs Adie & Miller | David Black | Breaking of a crane rope when lifting pump rods | |
| August | 7 | Knightswood | Near Glasgow | Messrs Wilson & Co | John Malcolm | Fall of coal at face | |
| August | 9 | Fordel | Near Dunfermline | William M Henderson | Elizabeth Cook | Fell down the pit by pushing the hutch into the wrong side | Newspaper report - Fife accidents |
| August | 16 | Auchinheath | Near Lesmahagow | Duke of Hamilton | John Fory | Overbalanced by a hutch on an incline plane | |
| August | 29 | Easter Moffat | Near Airdrie | Johnstone and Gilmuir | James Reid | Fall of roof at face | |
| August | 31 | Tranent | Near Haddington | H F Caddell | James Dow & Walker Stewart | Fell off a hanging scaffold to the bottom of the pit, by the crane getting out of gear | Newspaper report |
| August | 31 | Teasses | Near Cupar, Fife | David Graham | James Palmer & William Lecco | Fall of roof in drawing road | |
| September | 4 | Gatehead | Near Kilmarnock | Archibald Finnie | William McKinnan | Fall of coal at face | |
| September | 5 | Bartonholm | Near Irvine | Eglinton Iron Co | James Dale | Fall of coal at face | |
| September | 12 | Colliertree | Near Airdrie | Trustees of late John Wilson | Andrew Cummings | Struck by cage at pit bottom | |
| September | 13 | Dalzell | Near Hamilton | Wilsons & Co | Andrew Cochrane | Fall of roof at face | |
| September | 14 | Eglinton | Irvine | Eglinton Iron Co | Thomas Syme | Struck by the crank of a pumping machine | |
| September | 21 | Busbie | Kilmarnock | Archibald Finnie | Barney McQuigan | Fall of roof at face | |
| September | 27 | Govan | Glasgow | William Dixon | John Bryson | Fell down pit, from breakage of winding rope | |
| September | 28 | Blackbraes | Falkirk | James Russell & Son | David Smellie | Fell from an upper working to the pit bottom | |
| September | 30 | Hurlford | Kilmarnock | Allan, Gilmour & Co | James Brown | Explosion of fire damp | |
| October | 4 | Clyde Iron Works | Near Glasgow | Colin Dunlop & Co | William Bain | Fall of roof in drawing road | |
| October | 5 | Jerviston | Near Holytown | Wilsons & Co | Patrick Boyle | Fall of roof at face | |
| October | 11 | Stevenston | Near Ardrossan | Merry & Cunningham | James Campbell & William Ross | Winding drum getting out of gear | |
| October | 19 | Chapelhall | Near Airdrie | Monkland Iron & Steel Co | John Stevenston | Explosion of fire damp | |
| October | 26 | Lugar Iron Works | Old Cumnock | Trustees of late John Wilson | William Houston | Fall of roof at face | |
| October | 19 | Perceton | Irvine | P B M Macredie | John McCluskie | Fall of roof at face | |
| November | 2 | Rosehall | Near Coatbridge | Addie and Miller | James Cowie | Fall of roof at face | |
| November | 2 | Stevenston | Near Ardrossan | Merry & Cunningham | John Beattie | Fall of roof at face | |
| November | 9 | Calder Ironworks | Airdrie | William Dixon | John Campbell | Fall of coal at face | |
| November | 13 | Edmonstone | Near Dalkeith | John Wauchope | James Reid | Fall of roof in drawing road | |
| November | 16 | Rosehall | Near Coatbridge | Addie and Miller | William Hill | Explosion of fire damp | |
| November | 17 | Dalkeith | Near Dalkeith | Duke of Buccleuch | Joseph Deniston | Fell out of sinking kettle while ascending the pit | |
| November | 20 | Holmes | Near Kilmarnock | John Horne | Thomas Ramage | Fall of coal at face | |
| November | 21 | Houston | Near Linlithgow | Henry Hardie & Co | John Robertson | Breakage of the rope while ascending the pit | |
| November | 21 | Dysart, Boreland | Fife | John Johnston | Fife FHS pre-1855 deaths | ||
| November | 24 | Bartonshill | Near Coatbridge | Bartonhill Coal Co | Donald Miller | Fall of coal and stone at face | |
| November | 24 | Hurlford | Near Kilmarnock | Allan, Gilmour & Co | And. Miller, J. Crawford, John Orr, Robert Kyle | Explosion of fire damp | Newspaper Report |
| December | 4 | Hillhead | Near Kilmarnock | John Gilmour | James Murphy | Fall of roof at face | |
| December | 6 | Coltness | Near Wishaw | A G Simpson | George Muir | While “stemming” a shot in a sinking pit it went off | |
| December | 8 | Dalmacouther | Near Airdrie | William Simpson | John Whitten | Fell down the pit | |
| December | 9 | Eastfield | Near Glasgow | J G Buchanan | John Proudfoot | Fall of coal at face | |
| December | 20 | Hurlford | Near Kilmarnock | John Howie | Robert Porter | By coming in contact with the fly-wheel of the winding engine | |
| December | 21 | Drumclair | Near Slamannan | John Nimmo | Samuel Duffy | Fall of coal at face | |
| December | 21 | Coltness Iron Works | Near Wishaw | Coltness Iron Co | William McDede | Crushed by cage at pit bottom | |
| December | 22 | Dalmellington | Near Ayr | Dalmellington Iron Co | James Craig | Fell from an upper working to the pit bottom | |
| December | 28 | Farm | Near Glasgow | James Farie | James Boyle | Fall of roof at face | |