 The Love Parade DisasterHubert Klüpfel ()
A chapter in Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2012, 2014, pp 1385-1394 from Springer Abstract: Abstract On July, 24th 2010 there was a severe incident at the love parade in Duisburg, Germany. At the entrance ramp to the festival area, 21 persons died in a crowd crush and many were injured. In this contribution, the background of the disaster is presented and the causes and consequences that can be identified to date are described. The major finding for the cause of the disaster is the following: it was triggered by a break-down of the inflow from the main ramp to the festival area resulting in congestion and high local density on the ramp. The consequence was an increasing attractiveness of alternative access points to the venue (at the same time ways to escape from the congestion): a frame, a container, and most of all a narrow stair located at the side of the main-ramp. This closed feedback loop of causes and consequences formed a vicious circle and produced densities, pressures, and forces within the crowd that led to sever injuries, asphyxia, crushed rib cages, and the death of 21 people. Understanding the causes of this disaster might hopefully be helpful in preventing future incidents. Keywords: Fire Safety; Confirmation Bias; Safety Concept; Avalanche Effect; Police Chain (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-02447-9_115 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-02447-9_115 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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