... and unless you’re absolutely certain there’s no vehicle bearing down on you or your vehicle is in a very dire situation such as being on fire, do not get out, stay buckled in. Cars and trucks careening out of control down a hill are not going to be able to avoid running you down. If you do get out, get well clear of the roadway, as far away as you can get.
It's always a judgement call.
And I agree, if the judgement is to leave the vehicle, get the heck off the roadway and well to the side.
Right! But if you do have to get out due to fire or other possible calamity, get FAR away from the road.
Note the trucks cleaning out the sidelines!
A very young girl was killed in Cincinnati a couple of years ago in a similar pileup. She and her babysitter got out and sat on a cable guardrail. A following crasher hit a wooden post holding the cable. The cable snapped and sprung into the girl like a rubber band.
She sustained fatal head injuries.
Stay in the car if you can. If you can’t, get far away!!!