What Causes Roller Coaster Accidents???

[@anzelcanete435]

When I think about it, I literally can not think of a coaster accident that occurred purely off of engineering and design issues. I'd say that's an astounding win for the industry. Ride ops and neglecting maintenance are time and time again the leading cause for the majority of these gnarly injuries/deaths.

[@JacobBohley]

Steel Vengeance's collision was because the trains were too heavy for the brake fins so one just went through the brakes into the station. It's the only one I can think of but yeah ride ops are definitely the most common cause

[@johnzhou4877]

El Toro's derailing is another example kzbin.info/www/bejne/mF7RkqevnKqEla8

[@MattMcIrvin]

The fact that some manufacturers have better safety records than others implies to me that engineering and design really do contribute, maybe mostly by aiding or impeding maintenance. Fury is getting all the attention now but B&M genuinely seems to be the safest manufacturer out there--from Ryan the Ride Mechanic's videos, I gather this is probably because B&M is the ride mechanic's friend and they go out of their way to make these rides easy to inspect and maintain. Old Schwarzkopfs clearly have an issue with derailments, maybe because of their intense forces and wheel assembly design--if you maintain them correctly, this doesn't happen, but somehow it keeps happening to them specifically. And a lot of the "large passenger fell out of restraint" accidents were abetted by the restraint latching and registering green in a position where it really should not have, because it was not capable of restraining the rider. Discretion by the ride ops could have prevented these accidents, but design issues meant that the first layer of protection had already failed.

[@Celatra]

...son of beast? hello?

[@shaneh3109]

Cedar points top thrill incident

[@Anotherfunnyword]

I like that you included evacs, because the way the news reports on them, you would think they were accidents.

[@elchristianez_]

You missed a category: loose articles. If a ride has signs posted everywhere telling you to empty your pockets, DO IT! People get seriously injured both on-ride and on the ground from phones and keys flying out of peoples pockets. Also, if you lose something like your hat or phone while on the ride, DO NOT hop the fence into the restricted ride area to grab; many people have been killed from doing that more than you would think.

[@mateoley6630]

I’ve heard of the guy that he tried to find his hat in the restricted area. And yeah, not fun at all.

[@williscockfit1994]

Zipper pockets should be everyone’s best friend

[@bocahdongo7769]

@@mateoley6630 5 fatalities and 1 life threatening injuries all came from B&M invert all over the world. Both the exact same reason Like, I'm surprise people don't started to called it "Decapipator" yet

[@sammerssss]

yes this! i worked at sfmm and the amount of broken noses i’ve seen because of phones flying out mid ride is quite high

[@yarnmisery]

my friend got hit on the head with a water bottle cap

[@jack-gn4yl]

Not sure if anyone else does this, but always test your restraints. For example when I go on raging bull and all I have is that weird looking single bar, i push back to see if its locked in. I do thos every time i'm on a coaster and it takes my anxiety down by a massive level. If you're still unsure, as coastertoons said, always ask a ride op for a second opinion. Hopefully this helps someone ease their fears while riding.

[@mack_r-s]

I went to Canada's Wonderland a few weeks back, and it was the first time I've been on any of their big coasters and flat rides. Because of this, I always made sure to push up on the restraints to make sure I was fully locked in. It definitely eased my anxiety when going on massive rides like Yukon Striker and Behemoth.

[@Soonjai]

As for ride evacs being safe, there is at least 1 case where it almost whent completely wrong. Python at Efteling stopped at the very top of the lift hill with the front of the train already being over the crest. 2-3 cars where already on the little dip at the top of the lift. Staff followed standard procedure and evacuated the train back to front, but all the restraints where already unlocked. Because the train was unloaded from the back, the front at some point became hevy enough to pull the entire train over the crest. The guests still in the train had to pull their restraints down on the already moving train. Luckily everyone acted quick enough, the train navigated the course as it should be and nobody was hurt during this. There is a video of this on YT, you can find it by searching " Ongeluk met Python in Efteling"

[@Zyghqwyv]

They SHOULD have tied off the coaster. If you look up "Grizzly californias great america POV" you can see at the top of the lift hill a red sign stating "100 percent tie off after 40 percent" It is mandatory to tie off a coaster that is on the "edge" of a drop. Furthermore, B&M puts trim brakes on their coasters. If you look up Medusa at six flags discovery kingdom, you see trims after the chain ends. These only brake when a coaster is on the edge of the drop.

[@gamebrogaming10111]

I have experienced a ride evac, it was on the river rapids at California adventure, and yes, me and my family received a universal skip the line pass, but also a pass for another ride because a pass of ours expired on the rapids.

[@l0wh1n]

Human error, Bad Operators, Rider Stupidity... The List goes on.

[@thedude4063]

All of those are human error

[@VeryIncompetentFish]

i hate humans

[@homeofcoasters]

@@thedude4063obviously. it’s literally impossible for it to not be human error because they’re made by humans lmao

[@thedude4063]

@@homeofcoasters I mean operator or maintenance. Not so much the designers or programmers.

[@huntme7130]

Don’t forget improper maintenance, aging, and stupid humans

[@nicholasbonfiglio820]

I happened to be on fury when it cracked. we were marathoning it with quick queue and was on it when it shut down. seeing the crack when leaving the park baffled me. the support was located right near the front entrance so the fact that nobody noticed it is insane. glad that me and all the other riders were safe.

[@jack-gn4yl]

now thats terrifying! very glad you and the others were safe.

[@eelovfx9200]

You weren't in any danger

[@nicholasbonfiglio820]

@@eelovfx9200 thank you for informing me eelovfx9200!! im glad the real experts are here to ensure me i wasnt in any danger

[@leosamontesdad]

I would consider myself a coaster enthusiast, but I’m still scared of ejections. I’ve stapled myself on el toro because I felt like I had too much room 😅.

[@Tactical_Nuke0]

yo u single?

[@leosamontesdad]

@@Tactical_Nuke0 wdym by that

[@Tactical_Nuke0]

@@leosamontesdad i just wanna know u :))

[@leosamontesdad]

@@Tactical_Nuke0 … yes

[@Tactical_Nuke0]

@@leosamontesdad can i add u on discord?

[@thedude4063]

Sister almost got into a car crash ride outside of Busch Gardens Tampa. Was looking for passes and wasn't paying attention. Slammed on brakes. Missed

[@samuelahoffman]

I watched a van get t boned on the way to BGT on my one visit to the park

[@fairybarflettuce9549]

My subscription page is filled with stuff about Top Thrill 2 and Good Gravy, but Coastoons was like “no, we are doing coaster accidents today” lol

[@mint-pigeon77]

Ironically, the only time I had an issue in a roller coaster was it being a bit _too_ safe: the security harness didn't open when I needed to exit the ride. But I just called a staff member and they helped me open it, so everything went fine in the end.

[@nopeno-s5r]

Similar thing happened to me on galactica at alton. The foot restraint (its a flying coaster) didn't open, but apparently that's common as they just kicked some kind of pedal and it opened

[@bestnola]

I had to get evacuated at the buzz light year shooting ride in Disney world. The made me sit in the cart for 45 min before we could leave and they gave us nothing.

[@Kennywood_Fanatic]

I love your channel, always brings a smile to my face, keep up the hard work!

[@nicegnome9335]

TOP THRILL DRAGSTER 2 HAS A TRAILER !!!!!! (at 6:53 its mostly when the sensor faild to see the train or its just broken)

[@Untamed_Mana]

i know im an enthusiast and this changes my view, but i kinda want an evacuation on most coasters i go on, except hypers and vertical lifts for obv reasons.

[@Untamed_Mana]

the smiler at alton towers has anti-rollbacks on its vertical lift and same with most gerstlauer eurofighters@casuallystalled

[@moorecoasters3293]

I had a ride evac on white water canyon at Kings Island with a friend and my wife with cerebral palsy and i can tell you that they don't joke around with guest safety during evacs. Absolutely nobody could do anything until the fire department was on scene and even though I wouldn't have any issue carrying my wife up the fairly steep hill back to the platform, we weren't allowed to move until firefighters were available to carrybher in a rescue wheelchair.

[@Jack33399]

Cedar Point 🔛🔝

[@Onion917]

“Here’s what your gonna do. Wait. Don’t panic. Do what they tell you to do.” Kids: wow school actually taught us something?

[@pehblez]

there was only one time ive actually seen a ride E-stop in person. it was pretty recently, only a few weeks ago. it was at six flags new england on pandemonium. i wasnt on the ride, but i was 3 groups away from getting on. idrk why it stopped, but nobody was injured or anything. i wasnt even nervous that something bad had happened

[@MattyB2324]

I was on Railblazer at California's Great America. I was buckling in my restraint and I was buckling the seatbelt when I accidentally put a big slit on one of my fingers and when the ride was over, there was a trail of blood from the slit leading to my hand excluding fingers and thumbs. Thankfully, there was a first -aid section right next to the ride so I got that slit fixed up... And then I went back on Railblazer again (this was when Railblazer was my favorite ride at the park(and it still is))😂. This felt more like a funny/wierd/painful story than an actual incident.

[@dowfish12]

idk why everyone thinks that evacs are bad, the evac literally means the ride is working properly

[@betray.22]

i was in disney orlando on holiday and the ride broke down, we were escorted out and were given a fast pass and a bottle of water, we didnt get to use the fast pass since it was our last day and close to closing, we waited over an hour for the ride

[@jaedonogaming9565]

Of course I had to watch this the night before I go to IOA.

[@lake.erie.coasters]

what r ur thoughts on top thrill 2?

[@cnscrackers4873]

It’s sad because I live like 30 mins away from Wes Edmonton mall where mindbender was and as a kid I always wanted to go on it but it closed down like a year ago before I could ride it

[@Lloyd00]

The smiler accident was so bad. Not only was it completely avoidable but because of it the park got rid of the theme to the ride, which was awesome. Honestly think that the marketing for the smiler was one of the best in history

[@aidanstead7272]

they never actually got rid of it, just removed a few words and phrases but the overall theme is still there

[@alexsmith7449]

another thing to comment - most coasters cannot start unless every restraint is securely in place

[@nopeno-s5r]

*every Unless they are *really* small and forceless

[@weirwadefolk9088]

another Coastoons banger

[@PancakeJar_Lover]

It's always a good day when coastoons uploads

[@Wildcattttt]

Definitely

[@manimaman]

*bad

[@nopeno-s5r]

@@manimaman Same energy as a kindergartener saying "bad morning" when they don't want to be in school

[@Lys1998]

It wouldn't surprise me if the Gröna Lund accident was a maintenance issue. Gröna Lund has been having some economical issues recently, mainly due to covid, and Jetline is one of their older rides. I went last year, and while I normally always rave about how smooth the ride is, I remember it feeling "janky"? I'm obviously really not an expert, and that was a really long time before the accident so if something WAS off they probably shoule have fixed it in between, and it might've just been me being anxious, but still. I remember it being so smooth, and it really wasn't last time I rode it. It also wouldn't surprise me if they end up replacing it. Grönan has such a small area to build on, and while Jetline was almost universally loved I think they would probably try to shake off some of the bad press as well as squeeze in a "New" ride while they have the opportunity. It's still horrific though. While ride accidents are super rare, it's such a violent way to go if you do happen to be in one.

[@huntme7130]

Once I got evacuated off of a Disney ride because idk and I was like 7 years old and they gave us a lighting lane pass

[@CatsAreKindaCool]

Ive seen to many accidents happen because of humman error, such as riders being to big for the ride ex: orlando free fall, polar plunge and more. Its sad. Also the smiler was also human error.

[@AidanNoBrakes]

Imagine being scared for a rollercoaster and you are evacuated at the top of the lifthill 😢

[@Yonel6969]

The media make ride evacs way scarier than they are, perfect example of this is the smiler. Big controversial ride stopped on the verticle lift, and the media used the smilers block section working as a way to reference the crash to scare readers. If anyone reads the news about coasters (especially england news) its best to just ignore them and find better sources.

[@bmac9949]

Not to nitpick / not sure if you were intentionally exaggerating, but near the beginning you said there are hundreds of thousands of different roller coasters operating around the world. RCDB lists just 5,741 total roller coasters worldwide, including powered coasters and mountain coasters. If we divide that by two (to account for half the world's parks being closed at night time), and multiply it by 60 riders (guessing 3 trains of 20 people being average-ish), that would estimate just under 175,000 people riding a roller coaster at any given moment!

[@brianharelick4962]

I love these videos because every time I watch then there’s some rap song in the background that I haven’t heard since my sophomore year in college lmao

[@giselecastro9760]

Bro I was dying laughter thinking about this so at valley fair I was waiting in line for their best ride Renegade it’s like the steel vengeance of MN except no inversions so I was waiting so the train while we were waiting in line watching just stops we all like what happens so much suspende because it took like 5 mins before we saw a worker go sup and (insert drumroll) take someone’s phone away 😂

[@BrazerkFPS]

im going to magic mountain so ill keep this in mind

[@Roblox_Player1911]

"Escalators and Concerts are more dangerous than Roller Coasters!" WHO THE HECK INVENTED THOSE 2?!

[@DaanBruins]

0:19 akshually only around 6000

[@waycnf7229]

Are you gonna make a vid about the new announced Top Thrill 2?

[@emilyofjane]

When you think about it, roller coaster accidents are a lot like plane crashes. They’re incredibly rare, and the reason why they make the news is _because_ they’re so rare. And yet a lot of people perceive them as more dangerous because of the sheer height involved. I can’t exactly fault people for this, either, since I AM that person lol. But it is pretty silly when you think about it, how our brains can trick us like that.

[@Aaron-xg8mh]

Going to go rn just saw this

[@extro-order]

He was wrong about dragster, good vid tho there is a spike on it

[@dowfish12]

why did u make me laugh on a roller coaster accident video

[@Wyatt835]

Coastoons I'm not scared of roller coasters but I am scared of velocicoaster and rip ride rockit so can you make a video talking about velocicoaster ps:I'm also still mad at my self for not doing velocicoaster I got on and it started moving and I chickend out

[@jaCk5_]

COASTOONS YOUR NOT DEAD

[@rollercoasterheaven2170]

Never seen or experienced a roller coaster crash in person

[@tillmankendall]

did you ever get a chance for the hagrid ride

[@noahmintie]

Coastoons, thoughts on Top Thrill 2? (Stupid name)

[@coketictac22]

Omg be grateful that coaster looks amazing

[@beanking1200]

Most roller coasters have an auto announcement saying “riders must have two natural full let’s and at least one functioning arm”

[@gregbailey2617]

Hi

[@SnoopyMan6000vids]

What’s your opinion on Top Thrill 2

[@milkshakegd]

People always are scared to go on roller coasters after hearing about this. but sharks kill 7 people every year, and you probably still swim in the ocean.

[@justinbataille3267]

thank you for using a top 5 carti song new n3on🙏🙏

[@sonicandshadow9428]

Hello, could you please do a video on why Velocicoaster is better than Steel Vengeance because some people might not know why so just to help them and I thank you in advance as I am a frequent viewer and subscriber on your channel. Also on a side note, are you going to Busch gardens Tampa anytime soon? It's a really great park 10/10

[@orionscythe]

Off topic but what are your thoughts on 'top thrill 2'?

[@coasterknowledge1982]

Me who got in an accident this year heading to Knoebels

[@Ihaveadognamedrosie]

I love your videos

[@northunited280]

The superman ride accident was 100% the guests fault. The guest got told he couldn’t ride but threatned to sue the operators for not letting him on the ride.

[@loudenroyse390]

I just saw on the news cedar point announced top thrill 2 a triple launch strata

[@basicallytrash4379]

You should do a Knott’s Berry Farm video they have the best rides❤🎉😊

[@IronGwaziJoseph]

Ive only ever been in one accident. It was just that the mechanism to pull trains up to teh station at the end if atlantismin seaworld orlando broke and iw atednfor 30 min got 2 free quick quee tickets

[@nopeno-s5r]

Not an accident unless people get hurt or there is noticeable risk. Not being pulled up to the station does not qualify as risk

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

Never got evacuated from a roller coaster

[@VineVisionVR]

Any ride has accidents happen every 4 months usually per ride Splash mountain:🤨

[@pokemonfanwsbgalt8574]

I love being face to face with the grim reaper💀 I also rode manta at sea world abu dhabi that was my first inverting coaster and I love them huss top spins

[@br_916]

Im going to cedar point tomorrow for the first time hope I don’t fall off Millenium Force lol

[@nopeno-s5r]

Did you fall off?

[@br_916]

@@nopeno-s5r yep

[@KingGamingRoblox]

5:40 I felt like the restraint for me on Batman The Dark Knight at six flags New england was too lose even though I would've been fine and the staff checked it and I said could you tighten it and they ignored me and continued checking restraints. I keep saying hello can someone tighten it? And I start to freak out and my mom next to me said HIS RESTRAINT IS LOOSE and then the operator said All restraints have been locked and checked, visual scan and I was freaking out raising my hands to get their attention and FINALLY they checked the restraint. Though I would've been fine looking back but at that moment I panicked. And when they checked it again it went down one more click.

[@nicholasbonfiglio820]

as scary as it can be if the restraint only went down one more click you would certainly be fine the ride wont dispatch if all restraints aren't fully locked plus if your still worried you can push the restraint down yourself even after the ride dispatches.

[@KingGamingRoblox]

@@nicholasbonfiglio820 I was at an in-between point for ratchet restraints.

[@Zyghqwyv]

@@KingGamingRoblox if you are in between, then you are ok, the reason it went down one more click is because they can push harder than you. You can safely ride with ratchets 1-2 clicks up. But more is probably pushing it. It also depends on the restraint and the seat

[@A-aronTI]

I think another “I was wrong” vid is in order 🤣

[@bubblegaminglol]

IIRC the Ride of Steel accident had the guy threatening to sue the park if he didn’t ride

[@shadowlord9553]

Concerts 💀

[@HayFatYT]

What Causes Roller Coaster Accidents??? Pinfari.

[@blinard1]

Hundreds of thousands of coasters?!? Poor

[@wetsock4652]

I’m really surprised Shivering Timbers hasn’t derailed. It’s so rough.

[@lightningboat]

Good ride though, just needs some retracking

[@jordanfiderer1948]

Need a boulder dash video

[@Coastoons]

🦧

[@Stucatwastaken]

Hawk, wake up, Coastoons uploaded

[@unseen2581]

i like the cartoons in this one

[@mehmehh]

I JUST WOKE UP (EDIT: why did I comment that)

[@Ewumd68CreatorGuy]

IDK man I got over my coaster fear

[@Fluster]

do top thrill 2

[@CreepySpino]

Noice.

[@nopeno-s5r]

google translated your comment to noise 📢📢

[@roamdhong]

how did you come up with there being HUNDREDS of thousands of roller coasts and MILLIONS of people on them at any given time? A quick google search says there are around 2,500 coasters in the world, and assuming around half of them aren't being used at any given time due to parks not being open at night, and assuming the other half have lets say 50 people on them at any given time, that's only 62,500 people on coasters right now. probably far less if we're being realistic.

[@rasarbanab]

Have you ever thought that this is an exaggeration?

[@roamdhong]

@@rasarbanab idk it sounded pretty serious but, mayhaps that was his intention

[@freshjmcfly17]

Good timing coast but I'll take it

[@Patexer]

Top Thrill 2 💀

[@2good4air]

Majority of rollercoaster accidents are caused by humans whether it’s the rider being stupid or the ride ops not doing their job

[@Sonderax]

Cant think of many, if any deaths due to poor ride design. Most incidents are based on poor maintenance and operations on the park side. These rides are completely over engineered and its for a reason. The work of the engineers truly shows when you take into account how much these rides operate

[@Nygon08]

funny how you showed skyrush for evacs cause 2 weeks ago i got stuck on skyrush for 45 minutes and after that my legs WERE BLACK OF BRUISES IT HURT SO BAD it really crushed my thighs dont get stuck on skyrush if you wanna save your thighs

[@Zyghqwyv]

airtime thrills mentions skyrush restraints are like that

[@Nygon08]

@@Zyghqwyv cause they are

[@Zyghqwyv]

@@Nygon08 b&m clamshells would never do that to anyone. Should have gotten a b&m

[@Nygon08]

@@Zyghqwyv agreed

[@8675Luke]

How do you decide what beats to put in your videos?

[@Coastoons]

It’s just whatever I’m listening to while I’m editing

[@8675Luke]

@@Coastoons I like the song choices. What did u think of utopia?

[@Idkqw]

Top thrill 2 make a video now!

[@cuberboi]

I did not know you can trip and die thogh rollercoaster deaths are rarer

[@hershywood4214]

WE NEED YOUR HELP

[@thebe_stone]

I don't think fury's crack counts as a roller coaster, since nothing actually happened to the riders. edit: i don't think it counts as an accident is what i meant to say.

[@Leemann9]

0:08 deeeeeewwewwwwweeeeweeeweeeewwewwwwe E E E E E E Eee E

[@johanll6321]

Coastoons you were wrong about dragster

[@drumman22]

suh

[@SwissMaps455]

Your the actual first

[@marygroves1850]

My cat just skipped my video in uth words dude come on bru

[@djrocketorca]

Ay I think your prediction for dragster was wrong buddy 😁

[@milesbilton6975]

he literally talked about it 💀

[@Puffo__]

do you get demonetized for having rap beats from mainstream rappers in your songs

[@Coastoons]

Nah cus I talk over them

[@Yikes_its_Psychs]

Lack of proper maintenance is always the cause. Metal fatigue? Would be caught with proper testing. Wheel assembly breaks? Would be caught by proper maintenance. Bolt for an L bracket breaks? Wouldve been caught with proper replacement of those bolts every year. Im sorry but 99% of accidents can be prevented.

[@nopeno-s5r]

Actually the #1 cause is operator error. Which obviously can also be prevented. btw wayyyyy more than 99% of accidents can be prevented, I'd go as far as saying 100%, bc I can't think of any example where it couldn't have been stopped