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== Causes ==
The type of ride most prone to crashes is the roller coaster, though several other types of rides can crash. The most common cause of crashes is the "[[Ride breakdowns#(Station) Brakes Failure|station brakes failure" breakdown]] on roller coasters. On roller coasters with multiple trains, this causes a crash when one train is still in the station and another train comes in at full speed due to the station brakes failing to slow the train, causing it to collide with the back of the stationary train. On roller coasters with single-car trains, such as [[Single-Rail Roller Coaster]] and [[Wild Mouse]] variants, this is not as much of a problem.
Poorly-designed roller coasters can be subject to crashes, even if the ride is not broken down or if a ride has not experienced a Station Brakes Failure breakdown. Often, these rides will not pass their initial ride testing and will not be opened to the public. However, sometimes a ride mis-design can cause ride crashes under certain circumstances. For example, the roller coaster [[Dynamite Dunes#Pre-Built Rides|Dynamite Blaster]] in [[Dynamite Dunes]] has a lengthy ride section after the train leaves the station but prior to it reaching the lift hill. If a train entering onto the lift hill is stopped due to a [[Ride breakdowns# Safety Cut-out|safety cut-out]] breakdown, there is a remote possibility that another train that has exited the station may collide with it. This example, like many others, can be prevented by increasing the minimum wait time at the station, or by reducing or eliminating space between the station and lift hill.
Certain types of roller coaster can crash in different ways; the [[Bobsled Roller Coaster]], [[Virginia Reel]], and [[Wooden Side-Friction Roller Coaster]] can crash as a result of cresting hills too quickly. As the trains/cars on these roller coasters are not attached to the track, they can fly free when going over hills. [[Water Slide]]s can crash in a similar way, though these crashes are preventable by using closed track at the crests of high-speed hills.
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