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Training and exercise deaths in the UK Armed Forces

Summary statistics on deaths which occurred whilst on training and exercise in the UK Armed Forces since 1 January 2000.

This publication is released biannually from March 2017. It was released on an ad-hoc basis in 2015 and 2016.

Upcoming release dates for this publication are available here.

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Published 1 March 2017
Last updated 26 March 2026 show all updates
  1. Collection has been updated with the latest statistics as at 28 February 2026.

  2. Added Training and exercise deaths in the UK Armed Forces: 2025.

  3. Added Training and exercise deaths in the UK Armed Forces: 2024.

  4. Added 'Training and exercise deaths in the UK Armed Forces: 2023'.

  5. Addition of 'Training and Exercise Deaths in the UK Armed Forces: 2022'.

  6. Added the Training and exercise deaths in the UK Armed Forces: 2021 page.

  7. Added the Training and exercise deaths in the UK armed forces: 2020 page.

  8. Added Training and exercise deaths in the UK armed forces 2019.

  9. Added Training and exercise deaths in the UK armed forces: 2018.

  10. Updated to add Military deaths in service statistics: background quality reports.

  11. Updated to include: Training and exercise deaths in the UK armed forces: 2017.

  12. First published.