Event security - Crowd management - Loveparade desaster 2010

Processing of the causes of the Love Parade 2010

Univ-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Gerlach was an expert witness at the main hearing of the Duisburg Landgericht (Regional Court) on the Loveparade 2010. The professional preparation available here provides answers to the question posed to him:

"What were the causes of the crowding of people on 24 July 2010 at the Love Parade in Duisburg and what possibilities of prevention were there (in each case taking into account the planning as well as the implementation)?"

The main objectives of the expert analysis of the causes of the tragic events at the Love Parade in Duisburg 2010 are as follows

    A professional summary of the circumstances that contributed to the event,
    a professional generation of findings and lessons that can be derived from the events,
    to provide a basis for the further development of guidelines, regulations and instructions that will increase the safety of future events.

The technical preparation is also intended as a reference publication that can be used for lessons learned and consequences to be drawn from the events.

Here you can find more information on research regarding the Loveparade desaster (german only):

Aufbereitung der Ursachen zur Loveparade 2010

Loveparade 2010 - hilfreiche Links

Eigene Veröffentlichungen zur Sicherheit von Veranstaltungen

Forschung zur Veranstaltungssicherheit

Leitfäden, Regelwerke und Vorgaben zur Planung von Veranstaltungen

Weiterführende Informationen