News and events

Here we report links to some recent ‘stampede’ incidents including both crowd disasters and false alarms. It is important to note that we do not endorse much of the ‘stampede’ terminology used in the reporting.  

Cameroon https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-60120367 

Israel https://text.npr.org/992320694 

Astroworld Houston https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/dec/16/astroworld-festival-deaths-ruled-accidental 

Tanzania https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-tanzania-politics-idUSKBN2BM2XM 

India Shrine https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-59845278 

India marathon 04 01 22 https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/watch-stampede-like-scene-at-a-congress-marathon-in-up-masks-missing-2687600

Cancun https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18093799/cancun-airport-shooting-passengers-stampe-gunfire-mexico/ 

Imo state Nigeria https://thecitizenng.com/false-alarm-of-security-breach-sparks-stampede-at-imo-secretariat/ 

Belfast hoax attack https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/north-belfast-security-alert-loyalist-bomb-attack-a-hoax-psni-believe-uvf-responsible-for-incident-near-event-attended-by-simon-coveney-41488631.html 

Finaghy trainline alert https://www.sundayworld.com/crime/irish-crime/anti-protocol-loyalists-behind-security-alert-on-dublin-to-belfast-train-line-41506722.html 

Clooney Road Derry https://www.derryjournal.com/news/transport/update-derry-security-alert-clooney-road-dual-carriageway-open-3630757 

Corrody Road https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-60988671 

Spring break chaos: Four men are arrested after shots are fired during maskless Miami Beach street party: Hundreds of revelers stampede to run for cover. [19/03/2021]

Dozens injured in nightclub stampede after police raid the venue. [02/02/2021]

'I still have the screams in my mind': Arndale shoppers describe mass panic caused by fireworks. [27/11/2019]

Officials: 31 Iraqi pilgrims die in stampede during holiday. [10/09/2019]

Blind panic in Times Square as hundreds of traumatized New Yorkers run for their lives when the sound of a motorcycle backfiring is mistaken for gunfire after weekend of back-to-back mass shootings, sparking a stampede that left 22 people injured. [07/08/2019]

London commuters 'stampede' out of Bank tube station over terror fears. [02/08/2019]

Washington gay pride: 'Gun threat' sparks panic at parade. [10/06/2019]

Disneyland Paris 'attack' false alarm after broken elevator sparks mass panic. [24/03/2019]

Panic as body spray sparks terrifying stampede at Edinburgh nightclub. [17/12/2018]

Deadly crush. Mum and five kids as young as 14 killed in Italian nightclub stampede after ‘pepper spray’ sparks mass panic. [08/12/2018]

Bluewater stampede: Panicked shoppers run for their lives after someone starts screaming 'bomb, bomb!'. [04/11/2018]

Oxford Street panic began with fight at tube station, suggest police. [25/11/2017]

Çağla Gayretli is shortlisted for Jonathan Sime award 2022 for her final-year dissertation on the Oxford Street false alarm. 

The Little Wartime Library launch – history of Bethnal Green tube station. 

The (mis)use of controversial terminologies in evacuation research. 

Enhancing security culture at publicly accessible locations. Panel discussion with Dr Anne Templeton. Security & Policing Home Office Event. Wednesday 10 March, 2021.