Road safety

‘Does a rider have to die?’ No police case after rider dragged along the road by car roof rack

“Being on a horse is my lifeline and my escape from the wheelchair, and I feel this driver has taken that from me as well”

Owner of horse hit by car in front of witnesses shocked at police failure to investigate

“If someone had hit a pedestrian and failed to stop, that would be a crime; a hit and run, but the police were so uninterested, it was silly”

Police hunt driver who sped toward riders and slowed to hurl abuse

“Our enquiries are continuing to try and locate the driver of the Ford and I am appealing to anyone who witnessed what happened to please get in touch”

Government responds as road safety petition tops 13,000 signatures

Support for a petition that would make driving safely around horses a mandatory part of the driving test continues to grow — and the Government has now responded

‘You never know when you might need it’: rider uses What3Words app to help driver in overturned lorry

I realised I didn’t have a clue where we were as I had been on my iPad all the way. I wouldn’t have been able to tell emergency services our location

Rider who lost ‘real life unicorn’ in tragic road accident on mission to educate future drivers

Near misses prompt rider’s call for safer road crossings in Newmarket

The rider said watching her hat-cam footage back each day made her realise how many close calls she was having with traffic

‘Lucky escape’: revving mopeds cause pony to fall down five-foot drop

“The firemen said the mopeds had probably had their silencers taken off to make the revving sound extra loud, but it’s just dangerous”

Equestrian ‘policing heroes’ and road safety ‘champions’ honoured in awards

The awards were set up by the British Horse Society in 1984 as a legacy to Sefton, the 19-year-old Household Cavalry horse who survived the IRA bombings in 1982

Police stop 30 drivers for passing horses inappropriately in safety campaign

Officers also stopped five people to praise them for the way they had driven past the horses

New safety app allows riders to report incidents ‘quickly and easily’

Riders can report any problems with a road or off-road user, slippery road surfaces, dogs, low-flying aircraft, nuisance drones or fireworks, in less than three minutes

‘I still have flashbacks’: blameless driver who hit horse speaks out on emotional impact

“As I felt the impact I looked up and straight into Amy's eyes and thought ‘She’s only a kid. What’s happened?’”

Number of horses dying on roads halved last year but figures remain ‘very worrying’

The BHS has released its most recent statistics on horse-related incidents

Rider knocked unconscious after car overtook too quickly says she was ‘lucky’

The rider was diagnosed with concussion and suffered multiple injuries in the incident

Police hunt man who hurled abuse as he followed riders on the road

The unknown man followed the two riders, shouting abuse

Furloughed graphic designer creates free posters to promote equine safety

The designer has had a huge number of requests for posters asking people not to feed horses

Police horses equipped with front and rear cameras to nab errant drivers

“If people think ‘Hang on a minute, that horse might have a camera on it’, it might make them behave”

‘He ruined my life’: guilty plea for driver who killed horse on road

Four horses killed in separate road collisions in six weeks

“As they got closer, I screamed, stood up in my stirrups and waved my arms at them to slow down, but they kept coming”

New research adds weight to riders’ calls for drivers to pass wide and slow

A ‘considerable proportion’ of equestrians experience road rage as well as vehicles passing close and fast, new research has highlighted