A stampede occurs when a large group of people or herd animals begins running in a panic with no clear direction. Deaths from human stampedes are primarily caused by compressive asphyxiation from the crushing force of crowds pushing horizontally and vertically. The document then provides several safety precautions for avoiding injury during a stampede, such as studying event locations in advance, keeping minimal belongings, and prioritizing escape over retrieving dropped items. In the example, hundreds died when panic broke out among the large crowd on a bridge at a festival in India, as people were crushed or fell into the river below.

1. Stampede

2. A stampede is an act of mass
impulse among herd animals or
a crowd of people in which the
herd (or crowd) collectively
begins running with no clear
direction or purpose.

3. A stampede is possible anywhere.
The larger the human crowd gets,
the more probable it becomes.
There have been stampedes in
history, which have killed
thousands of people. Most of the
time innocent people are hurt or
killed in the stampedes and it is
very hard (if not impossible) to
find out the guilty.

4. Deaths from human stampedes occur primarily
from compressive asphyxiation, not trampling.
This is referred to as crowd crush. The
compressive force occurs from both horizontal
pushing and vertical stacking.
In other words, the elements provide a model
for understanding the causes of crowd
disasters, means of prevention, and possible
mitigation of an ongoing crowd incident.

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Stampede Safety Precaution # 1
Study the Event and its location thoroughly
Study the location of the event thoroughly days
before going there. Study all the routes; get to
know about the emergency exits or any other
type of emergency arrangements done by the
organizers

6.  Stampede
Safety
Precaution # 1
Study the Event and its location
thoroughly
 Study the location of the event
thoroughly days before going there.
Study all the routes; get to know
about the emergency exits or any
other type of emergency
arrangements done by the organizers
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7.  Stampede
Safety Precaution # 2
 Do not take kids or the elderly
in any such area/event
 In my opinion, taking children or
an elderly to any event or place
where a stampede is possible is
risking their well-being. So please
refrain from that.

8.  Stampede
Safety Precaution # 3
 Keep minimal things to carry
with you
 If you must carry something then
use a backpack instead of a
dangling shoulder bag. Try to
leave most your belongings in the
hotel room or in the trunk of your
car.

9.  Stampede
Safety Precaution # 4
 If the situation gets worse, forget
about your possessions
 If in case a stampede happens,
run for your life. Do not care
about any of your possessions.
They are not dearer than yours or
anyone's life. If you drop
anything, do not stop to pick it

10.  Stampede
Safety Precaution # 5
 Keep minimal things to carry
with you
 If you must carry something then
use a backpack instead of a
dangling shoulder bag. Try to
leave most your belongings in the
hotel room or in the trunk of your
car.

11.  Stampede
Safety Precaution # 6
 If the situation gets worse, forget
about your possessions
 If in case a stampede happens, run
for your life. Do not care about
any of your possessions. They are
not dearer than yours or anyone's
life. If you drop anything, do not
stop to pick it up.

14.  Hundreds
of thousands had
gathered near the town of Datia
for the festival
 Many were crushed after panic
broke out on a bridge near the
Ratangarh temple in Madhya
Pradesh state. Others died when
they jumped from the bridge.

15. .
Officials said the stampede
may have been sparked by a
rumour that the bridge was
about to collapse
 Local devotee Atul
Chaudhary, who survived the
crush, told BBC Hindi there
had been a couple of thousand
people on the bridge.

16. He heard screams, and people
began rushing to get off the bridge.
 "Several people could be seen
flattened to the ground in the midst
of the melee," he said.
 "Some of the youngsters panicked
and jumped into the swollen river.
 "I and my friends were close to the
exit point and along with several
others ran for safety.
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