List of UK caving fatalities

This is a list of recreational caving fatalities in the United Kingdom. It includes all verified deaths associated with the exploration of natural caves and disused mines in the modern era (post 1880). Deaths involving members of the general public who may have slipped down a shaft, or wandered into a cave without being aware of the risks, have been excluded. Caving cannot be considered a particularly dangerous pastime - in 2018, there were up to 4,000 regular cavers in the UK and about 70,000 people who went on instructor-led courses into caves in the Yorkshire Dales, but there were no fatalities.[1]

List of fatalities

Porth yr Ogof - the scene of 11 fatalities

There have been 136 fatalities associated with recreational caving in the UK. The main causes of death have been drowning when cave diving, drowning as the result of flooding or negotiating deep water, injuries incurred from falling from a height, and injuries incurred as the result of rock falls. In ten cases the bodies have not been recovered.

The worst incident in UK caving history was the Mossdale Caverns incident in 1967 when six cavers were drowned following an unexpected cloud burst.[2] There have been three incidents when three people have died. The first was when three cavers drowned in Langstroth Pot in 1976 when free-diving short sections of underwater passage as the result of the air in an air bell becoming foul.[3] Three cavers were killed by a rock fall in Ease Gill Caverns in 1988,[4] and three cavers were drowned in the Marble Arch system in 1995.[5]

Porth yr Ogof, in South Wales, accounts for eleven fatalities, nine of which were the result of people drowning when negotiating the exit pool.[6] Ease Gill Caverns and its associated entrances accounts for ten deaths; Alum Pot and its associated entrances account for six, as does Mossdale Caverns (all from the 1967 incident).

The only case of a caver dying in the UK as the result of becoming stuck was Neil Moss in Peak Cavern in 1959. The cause of death was foul air building up around him.[7]


Date	Cave	Area	Cause	Name	Notes
Sept 1909	Square Shaft, Alderley Edge	Peak District	Fall	Alexander Rea	17-year-old boy on school outing[8][9]
May 1929	West Mine, Alderley Edge	Peak District	Hypothermia	George Etchells Alfred Hadfield	Bodies found 7 September 1929[10][11]
July 1936	Alum Pot	Yorkshire Dales	Rock fall	Mabel Binks	Possibly hit by a rock deliberately thrown down the shaft[12][13]
May 1939	Rowten Pot	Yorkshire Dales	Drowned	John Lambert	Fell and subsequently drowned[14][15]
March 1946	West Mine, Alderley Edge	Peak District	Fall	Arthur Murray	[16]
Dec 1946	Grange Rigg Pot	Yorkshire Dales	Hypothermia	Harold Sargeant	Died following a fall[17][18]
May 1948	West Mine, Alderley Edge	Peak District	Fall	Leslie Hunt	13-year-old schoolboy[19]
Apr 1949	Wookey Hole	Mendip	Diving	Gordon Marriott	[20]
May 1951	Penyghent Pot	Yorkshire Dales	Hypothermia	John Williams	[21]
Oct 1954	West Mine, Alderley Edge	Peak District	Fall	Kenneth John Booth	16-year-old schoolboy[22]
May 1955	Alum Pot	Yorkshire Dales	Fall	John Edgar Fisher	Fell from near top of Dolly Tubs pitch when unlifelined[23][24]
Jun 1957	Porth yr Ogof	South Wales	Drowned	Leonard Garraway	[25][26]
Jan 1958	Goyden Pot	Yorkshire Dales	Drowned	Brian Kerr	Body not recovered[27][28]
Jan 1959	Swildon's Hole	Mendip	Hypothermia	John Wallington	[29][30]
Mar 1959	Peak Cavern	Peak District	CO₂ poisoning	Neil Moss	Result of being trapped in confined space. Body interred in situ[31]
July 1959	Dow Cave	Yorkshire Dales	Rock fall	David Priestman	[32]
Dec 1959	Bar Pot	Yorkshire Dales	Fall	Eric Sugden	[33][34]
Dec 1960	Eastwater Cavern	Mendip	Rock fall	Alan Hartnell	[35][36]
Jun 1961	Coed-y-Mwstwr Woods Cave	South Wales	Rock fall	Tony Lewis	[37]
Sep 1961	Ball Eye Mine	Peak District	Fall	George Keeling	[38][39]
Jan 1962	Hell Hole	Yorkshire Dales	Drowned	Eban Beeves	[40][41]
Oct 1962	Alum Pot	Yorkshire Dales	Fall	John Hopley	[42][43]
Mar 1963	Deep Ecton Mine	Peak District	Diving	Garry McElliott	Diving with British Sub-Aqua Club - not a cave diver[44]
Mar 1963	Longwood Swallet	Mendip	Hypothermia	Heather Muirhead	[45][46]
May 1963	Mandale Mine	Peak District	Drowned	Roger Low	Drowned after falling down flooded surface shaft[47][48]
Nov 1963	Marble Steps Pot	Yorkshire Dales	Drowned	Mike McShea	[49]
Mar 1964	Lancaster Hole	Yorkshire Dales	Diving	Alan Clegg	[50]
Jun 1966	Porth yr Ogof	South Wales	Drowned	Richard Speakman	[51]
Jan 1967	Alum Pot	Yorkshire Dales	Fall	James Drummond	Schoolboy under supervision[52][53]
Feb 1967	Carlswark Cavern	Peak District	Drowned	Robert MacDonald	14-year-old schoolboy under supervision[54][55]
Mar 1967	Easter Iron Mine	Forest of Dean	Fall	Rex Keene	Hemp rope broke when abseiling 90 metre shaft[56][57]
Jun 1967	Mossdale Caverns	Yorkshire Dales	Drowned	Dave Adamson Geoffrey Boireau William Frakes John Ogden Michael Ryan Colin Vickers	The bodies were later interred in the far reaches of cave[2][58]
Oct 1967	Sunset Hole	Yorkshire Dales	Fall	Eric Luckhurst	Rescue formed basis of Sid Perou's film "Sunday at Sunset Pot"[59]
Aug 1968	Porth yr Ogof	South Wales	Drowned	Anthony Stannard	[60]
Mar 1969	Meregill Hole	Yorkshire Dales	Hypothermia	Christopher Hay	[61][62]
Aug 1969	Ease Gill Caverns	Yorkshire Dales	Rock fall	Duncan Glasford	[63][64]
Sep 1970	Pollanaffrin	Northern Ireland	Natural causes	Mick Mulligan	[65]
Oct 1970	Keld Head	Yorkshire Dales	Diving	Alan Erith	Remains retrieved 5 years later[66][52]
Oct 1970	Porth yr Ogof	South Wales	Drowned	Stephen Sedgewick	[6][67]
Feb 1971	Porth yr Ogof	South Wales	Drowned	Paul Esser	Remains retrieved in 2010[68]
May 1971	Weathercote Cave	Yorkshire Dales	Rock fall	John Fellows	[69][70]
Sep 1971	Swinsto Hole	Yorkshire Dales	Fall	Michael Midgley	[52]
Aug 1972	Firehose Cave	Scotland	Drowned	Peter Clements	[71]
Mar 1973	Knotlow Mine	Peak District	Drowned	Alan Evans	[72]
May 1973	Wood Mine, Alderley Edge	Peak District	Drowned	Paul Shaw	14-year-old boy on an outdoors pursuits course[73]
July 1973	Porth yr Ogof	South Wales	Drowned	Graham Alston	Trainee soldier on exercise[6][74]
Sep 1973	Eldon Hole	Peak District	Fall	Sulo Sulonen	[75]
Apr 1974	Holme Hill Cave	Yorkshire Dales	Fall	Peter Trousdale	[76]
Jun 1974	Ogof Agen Allwedd	South Wales	Diving	Roger Solari	Body not recovered[77][78]
July 1974	Merlin's Cave	Peak District	Diving	John Smith	[79]
Dec 1974	Gaping Gill	Yorkshire Dales	Fall	David Huxtable	Considered to be the UK's first SRT fatality[80]
Sep 1975	Ireby Fell Cavern	Yorkshire Dales	Fall	Stephen Hughes	[81]
Feb 1976	Oxlow Cavern	Peak District	Fall	Stephen Nunwick	[82]
May 1976	Langstroth Pot	Yorkshire Dales	Drowned	Martin Blackburn Brian Fox Donald Southern	Encountered foul air whilst free-diving[3]
Aug 1976	Royal Hopping Mine	Peak District	Rock fall	Leslie Wheeler	[83]
May 1977	Blayshaw Gill Pot	Yorkshire Dales	Rock fall	John Rhodes	[84]
Sep 1977	Ilam Rising	Peak District	Diving	Mike Nelson	[85][86]
April 1978	Wheal Edward Mine	Cornwall	Fall	Stella Bourke	[87]
Oct 1979	Cote Gill Pot	Yorkshire Dales	CO poisoning	Richard Marvel John Staniforth	Result of using high explosives[88]
Dec 1979	Ogof Ffynnon Ddu	South Wales	Drowned	J. Fitton D.Gough	Washed away[89]
Mar 1980	Bull Pot of the Witches	Yorkshire Dales	Diving	Ian Plant	[90][91]
Aug 1980	GB Cave	Mendip	Natural causes	Ian Roberts-Miller	[92][93]
Oct 1980	Top Sink	Yorkshire Dales	Fall	Tracy Gibson	[94]
Nov 1980	Keld Head	Yorkshire Dales	Diving	Mark Woodhouse	[95][91]
Feb 1981	Pollnacrom	Northern Ireland	Diving	David Woods	Body not recovered[96]
July 1981	Porth yr Ogof	South Wales	Drowned	Adrian Luck	[97][98]
Nov 1981	Wookey Hole	Mendip	Diving	Keith Potter	[99][91]
May 1982	Gaping Gill	Yorkshire Dales	Fall	Edward Holstead	[100]
May 1982	Diccan Pot	Yorkshire Dales	Natural causes	Anthony Mosedale	[100]
Jun 1982	Sunset Pot	Yorkshire Dales	Drowned	Neofitos Savva	[100]
Aug 1982	Ireby Fell Cavern	Yorkshire Dales	Fall	John Martin	[101]
Nov 1982	Gaping Gill	Yorkshire Dales	Fall	Robert Watson	[101]
Sep 1983	Smallcleugh Mine	Cumbria	Fall	David Colin Brooks	17-year-old boy scout fell 18 metres[102][103]
Jan 1985	Hurtle Pot	Yorkshire Dales	Diving	Derek Crossland	[104][91]
Feb 1985	Bagshawe Cavern	Peak District	Drowned	Mark Dowsett	15-year-old schoolboy on school trip[76][105]
Nov 1985	Lancaster Hole	Yorkshire Dales	Drowned	David James	[106]
Jan 1986	Longwood Swallet	Mendip	Rock fall	Atilla Kurucz	[107][108]
Mar 1986	Rowten Pot	Yorkshire Dales	Drowned	David Anderson	Cave Rescue Organisation team member on rescue[109]
May 1986	Dale Head Pot	Yorkshire Dales	Drowned	James Taylor	[110]
July 1986	Porth yr Ogof	South Wales	Natural causes	Gwynfor Hughes	[6]
Apr 1988	unnamed cave	Yorkshire Dales	Diving	Nick Whaite	[111][91]
May 1988	Ease Gill Caverns	Yorkshire Dales	Rock fall	Janet Barnfield Michael Preece David Simpson	[4]
Aug 1988	Uamh Claig-ionn	Scotland	Hypothermia	Charles Butterworth	[112]
Feb 1989	Jib Tunnel	Yorkshire Dales	Hypothermia	Keith Mann	[113]
May 1989	Ivy Green Cave	Peak District	Hypothermia	Michael Boulton	Body found a year later 100 metres (330 ft) in, with no lighting[114]
Feb 1990	Kingsdale Master Cave	Yorkshire Dales	Drowned	Phil Tamms	[115]
Jul 1990	Glynneath Silica Mine	South Wales	Natural causes	Neville Groom	On management training course[116]
July 1991	Jacob's Mine	Peak District	Rock fall	Stephen Goodwin	[117]
Nov 1991	Sell Gill Holes	Yorkshire Dales	Natural causes	Francis Hardy	[117]
Jun 1992	Porth yr Ogof	South Wales	Drowned	Amanda Stead	[118]
Jun 1992	Joint Hole	Yorkshire Dales	Drowned	Martin McMahon	[119][91]
Oct 1992	Porth yr Ogof	South Wales	Drowned	Graham Lipp	Died after rescuing boy[120][121]
Jan 1993	Kingsdale Master Cave	Yorkshire Dales	Drowned	Michael Jones	Washed into Kingsdale Master Cave sump[122]
Feb 1994	Lost Johns' Cave	Yorkshire Dales	Rock fall	Paul Lyons	[123]
July 1994	Dismal Hill Cave	Yorkshire Dales	Diving	Trevor Kemp	[124][91]
Oct 1994	Old Ing Cave	Yorkshire Dales	Drowned	Peter Ball	[125]
Nov 1994	Whittington Stone Mine	Cotswolds	Natural causes	Bob Fairclough	[126]
Jan 1995	Marble Arch Caves	Northern Ireland	Drowned	Con Cormican Brian Kennedy Philip Marshall	[5]
May 1995	Calf Holes	Yorkshire Dales	Natural causes	Thomas Denny	Management training exercise[127]
Aug 1996	Quaking Pot	Yorkshire Dales	Fall	Christine Bleakley	[128]
May 1997	Lancaster Hole	Yorkshire Dales	Fall	Michael Jeffries	[129]
Dec 1998	Ogof Pont Yr Meirw	South Wales	Diving	Peter Fowler	[130]</ref>[91]
Nov 2000	Lancaster Hole	Yorkshire Dales	Drowned	Howard Rothwell	[131]
Feb 2001	Ireby Fell Cavern	Yorkshire Dales	Drowned	Julian Carrol Ray Lea	[132]
July 2002	Porth yr Ogof	South Wales	Drowned	Kevin Sharman	[133]
Sep 2004	Notts Pot	Yorkshire Dales	Fall	Paula Szajnowska	[134]
Mar 2005	Low Birkwith Cave	Yorkshire Dales	Diving	Colin Pryer	[135][91]
Nov 2005	Manchester Hole	Yorkshire Dales	Hypothermia	Joseph Lister	Schoolboy under supervision[136]
Mar 2006	Upper Flood Swallet	Mendip	Natural causes	Malcolm Cotter	[137]
Mar 2006	Astonhill Swallet	Peak District	Rock fall	David Briggs	[137][138]
Aug 2006	Meregill Skit	Yorkshire Dales	Natural causes	Mike Wooding	Died of natural causes whilst diving[139]
Dec 2007	Giant's Hole	Peak District	Hypothermia	Paul Fowkes	[140][141]
Dec 2007	Lower Long Churn	Yorkshire Dales	Drowned	Caroline Fletcher Stuart Goodwill	[142][143]
July 2008	Coal mine at Craigmillar	Scotland	Asphyxiation	Peter Ireson	Abseiled into foul air in disused coal mine[144][145]
Apr 2011	Pwll-y-Cym	South Wales	Diving	Bonnie Cotier	[146][147]
Aug 2014	Aber Las Mine	North Wales	Asphyxiation	Will Smith	Overcome by foul air in disused slate mine[148][149][150]
Feb 2015	Bull Pot, Kingsdale	Yorkshire Dales	Rock fall	Gordon Aitken	[151][152]
Aug 2017	Ewes Top Moss Pot, Scales Moor	Yorkshire Dales	Natural causes	Michael Wood	Date uncertain - body not found for several weeks[153][154]
Jun 2019	Curtain Pot, Fountains Fell	Yorkshire Dales	Fall	Harry Hesketh	[155][156]
Jan 2020	Lancaster Hole	Yorkshire Dales	Diving	Simon Halliday	[157]

Breakdown of fatalities by cause and area

The following table summarises the major causes of fatality in UK caving by cause and by area. The commonest cause of fatality in the UK is drowning - accounting for almost half the deaths when cave diving is included, and 40% when diving is excluded. The second major cause of fatality, when cave diving is excluded, is falling from height which accounts for 23% of fatalities, followed by rock fall which accounts for 14% of fatalities. The 'Other' category includes gas poisoning and asphyxiation.

Area	Diving	Drowned	Fall	Rock fall	Hypothermia	Natural causes	Other	Total
Mendip	2	0	0	2	2	2	0	8
Northern Ireland	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	5
Peak District	3	5	7	3	4	0	1	23
South Wales	3	12	0	1	0	2	0	18
Yorkshire Dales	9	26	17	10	5	5	2	74
Other	0	1	3	0	1	1	2	8
Total	18	47	27	16	12	11	5	136

Breakdown of fatalities by cause and decade

The following table summarises the major causes of fatality in UK caving by decade. The changes from decade to decade partly reflect the different numbers of active cavers, partly changing techniques, and partly improved equipment.[158]

Decade	Diving	Drowned	Fall	Rock fall	Hypothermia	Natural causes	Other	Total
1900s	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1910s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1920s	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
1930s	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
1940s	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	4
1950s	0	2	3	1	2	0	1	9
1960s	2	12	5	3	2	0	0	24
1970s	4	11	8	2	0	1	2	28
1980s	6	6	5	4	3	3	0	27
1990s	2	9	2	2	0	4	0	19
2000s	1	6	1	1	2	2	1	14
2010s	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	5
2020s	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	18	47	28	15	12	11	5	136

Breakdown of fatalities over time

The following bar chart shows the number of fatalities in each decade.

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