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The Love Parade Disaster

In: Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2012

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  • Hubert Klüpfel

    (TraffGo HT GmbH)

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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.

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  • Hubert Klüpfel, 2014. "The Love Parade Disaster," Springer Books, in: Ulrich Weidmann & Uwe Kirsch & Michael Schreckenberg (ed.), Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2012, edition 127, pages 1385-1394, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-02447-9_115
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-02447-9_115
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