List of UK caving fatalities

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.

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.

[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.

The only case of a caver dying in the UK as the result of becoming stuck was Neil Moss in Peak Cavern in 1959.