This article covers a real-world subject which should not be taken as part of the Holby universe.
This is a comprehensive, chronological list of deaths that have occurred within the show, ordered by series. This list only includes main characters, not recurring or guest.
Character | Cause of death | Episode |
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Sandra Mute | Injuries sustained after being stabbed by a drunk patient | Cry For Help 3 October 1987 |
Ewart Plimmer | Heart attack | Burn Out 7 October 1988 |
Kelly Liddle | Suicide by drug overdose | Making the Break 1 November 1991 |
Andrew Bower | Injuries sustained after being pushed down a flight of stairs by Tom Harvey | Breaking the Spell - Part Two 28 April 2001 |
Victoria Merrick | Stabbed by a patient | Getting Even 8 May 2001 |
Patrick Spiller | Injuries sustained in a car accident | Past, Present, Future 16 March 2002 |
Ben Saunders | Cardiac arrest from injuries sustained in a car accident | Desperate Measures 22 April 2003 |
Steve Waring | Injuries sustained in a car accident | Going It Alone 8 May 2003 |
Jack Vincent | Boat explosion | A Special Day 21 June 2003 |
Anna Paul | Injuries sustained in a train crash | Breathe Deeply... 20 September 2003 |
Nic Yorke | House explosion | Never Can Say Goodbye 30 December 2003 |
Baz Wilder | Injuries sustained in a car accident | Where There's Life 10 January 2004 |
Kelly Yorke | Suicide | Forgive and Forget 27 January 2004 |
Simon Kaminski | Plane Crash | Ring of Truth 28 August 2004 |
Finlay Newton | Murdered | Facing Up 2 October 2004 |
Alistair Taylor | Jumped out of a window | Casualty@Holby City - Part Two 28 December 2004 |
Jim Brodie | Fell to his death | Casualty@Holby City - Part Two 28 December 2004 |
Will Curtis | Impaled on a pole after Jodie Maxwell crashed into scaffolding | Shock to the Heart 5 April 2005 |
Claire Guildford | Drowned after crashing onto a lake | Truth, Lies and Videotape 20 August 2005 |
Paul "Woody" Joyner | Inhalation of toxic fumes at the site of an RTC | Deny Thy Father - Part Two 27 December 2005 |
Tricia Williams | Injuries sustained in a car accident | "The Unforgiven" 21 November 2006 |
Ellen Zitek | Struck by a motorcycle | "Silent Night" 24 December 2006 |
Harvey Tyson | Injuries sustained after falling off a roof | "After The Fall" 10 May 2007 |
Diane Lloyd | Injuries sustained in a car accident | "Close Relations" 21 June 2007 |
Selena Donovan | Shot in the neck by a patient's relative | "To Love You So" 4 August 2007 |
Robert Clifton | Shot by a grieving family member | "Episode 11" 3 April 2008 |
Maddy Young | Stabbed by Chantelle Tanner | "Just A Perfect Day" 26 May 2009 |
Curtis Cooper | Fell off a roof | "No Fjords in Finland - Part Two" 1 August 2009 |
Megan Roach | Suicide assisted by Charlie Fairhead and Tess Bateman | "Nice and Easy Does It" 7 August 2010 |
Linden Cullen | Struck by a glass bottle | "Misfit Love" 12 October 2010 |
Penny Valentine | Crushed by a train carriage | "Boy Valentine, Girl Valentine" 12 April 2011 |
Polly Emmerson | Stabbed by Hannah Fleet | "Momentum" 30 April 2011 |
Sunil Bhatti | Injuries sustained in a car accident | "Great Expectations" 11 October 2011 |
Tara Lo | Brain tumour | "Great Expectations" 16 April 2013 |
Bonnie Wallis | Struck by a truck | "The Cruellest Month" 1 April 2014 |
Jeff Collier | Minibus explosion | "Born Lucky" 4 October 2014 |
Arthur Digby | Cancer | I'll Walk You Home 7 June 2016 |
Caleb Knight | Stabbed by Scott Ellisson | "Reap the Whirlwind - Part Two" 29 April 2017 |
Jasmine Burrows | Stabbed by her own scalpel during a fight with Fran Reynolds | For You May Be the Next to Die... 20 June 2017 |
Raffaello Di Lucca | Shot by Fredrik Johanssen | Group Animal - Part Two 7 December 2017 |
Fredrik Johanssen | Shot by armed police | Group Animal - Part Two 7 December 2017 |
Sam Nicholls | Blood loss caused by shrapnel from petrol tanker explosion | Episode 1093 11 August 2018 |
Roxanna MacMillan | Cardiac arrest caused by neurotoxins | Inscrutable 2nd October 2018 |
John Gaskell | Suicide by drowning | Report to the Mirror - Part Two 13 November 2018 |
Mason Reede | Cardiac death caused by an undiagnosed hypertropic cardiomyopathy | Episode 1154 28 December 2019 |
Lisa "Duffy" Duffin | Brain damage caused by cerebral bleed | Episode 1060 1 February 2020 |
Xavier "Zav" Duval | Head injuries after being hit by a bike | Episode 1022 14 April 2020 |
Essie Di Lucca | Cancer | Episode 1033 11 August 2020 |
Noel Garcia | COVID-19 | Episode 1182 2 January 2021 |
Kian Madani | Multi organ failure secondary to drug overdose | Episode 1064 22 June 2021 |
Lev Malinovsky | Hit by a train | Episode 1211 7 August 2021 |
Fenisha Khatri | Haemopericardium caused by chest trauma from car crash | Episode 1211 7 August 2021 |
Cameron Dunn | Crushed by ceiling after bomb explosion | Episode 1076 set on 31 August 2021 |
Jac Naylor | Stroke secondary to chordoma | Episode 1102 29 March 2022 |
Robyn Miller | Injuries sustained in a car crash | Falling Down 11 March 2023 |
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Below is a summary of all series of Casualty and how many main character deaths were featured. As stated for the list above, this table also only tallies main characters and excludes recurring or guest characters regardless of their prominence on the show.
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