Road safety
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Devastation as ‘exceptional’ young event horse horrifically injured in road collision with trailer
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Picture of mare mourning dead foal after hit and run released to increase driver awareness
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Rider hopes exercise sheet with built-in indicators will improve horse road safety
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Council puts equestrianism to the forefront as it pledges to ‘seize opportunities’ for riders and carriage drivers
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Equestrians’ views needed to help shape future of road safety campaign
Riders, carriage drivers and individuals are invited to take part in what the British Horse Society is describing as a “major piece of research”
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‘I’ve had nightmares since’: horse hit by car wing mirror in frightening hit and run
“After the incident the driver is reported to have sped off. It's thought the car was left without a wing mirror and had visible front-end damage”
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Horse and rider hit by car at same crossing that sparked sister’s 15,000-strong petition
Katie Margarson, who was hit by a car just weeks after her sister had a near miss in exactly the same spot, is pushing for better driver education to improve safety for everyone
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Road safety work goes on after riders disappointed in police lack of action *H&H Plus*
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‘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”
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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”
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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”
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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
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‘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
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Rider who lost ‘real life unicorn’ in tragic road accident on mission to educate future drivers
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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
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‘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”
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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
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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
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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
