Road safety

Rider dyes pony’s mane and tail to slow speeding drivers

‘I did it for fun at first, but thought it would be a double-whammy if it makes us stand out to drivers’

‘I was terrified what I was going to find’: horse struck by car twice in hit-and-run

The rider is campaigning for safer roads after the frightening incident

Rider who broke pelvis in road collision urges others to use head cams

‘From the minute that driver came round the corner I knew there was going to be an accident and that I was the one going to get hurt’

‘This is real’: video of dead pony being removed after hit and run goes viral *Warning: upsetting image and video*

‘This is happening all the time – we’re finding animals close to the road with swinging legs or deep cuts. People aren’t phoning them in, they’re hitting these animals and driving off’

Motorcyclist ‘watched rider scream’ as spooked horse suffered horrific injuries in cattle grid *Warning: very graphic image*

‘The vet said B had a full de-gloving of her hind leg from her hock to fetlock’

My life with horses: Debbie Smith — ‘I thought it was time things changed on our roads’

H&H talks to Cornwall-based Debbie Smith, founder of the Pass Wide and Slow campaign, about what led her to start her road safety petition

£450,000 for rider who suffered serious injury when lorry spooked horse

Mainstream motor insurer aims to educate drivers on passing horses

Police operation educates drivers on passing horses safely

Motorists can chose between roadside education or being handed a penalty notice for careless and inconsiderate driving

Rider receives torrent of abuse after asking driver to slow down

‘I thank drivers when they slow down but some don’t seem to know the rules on passing horses or don’t think they need to slow down’

Police, cyclists and walkers join hundreds of riders for ‘incredible’ road safety campaign

A total of 53 Pass Wide and Slow awareness rides took place on Sunday (14 April), supported by police forces, cyclists and walkers

Dismay as council installs cattle warning sign after horse hit by vehicle

‘We want to give people awareness there could be horses around here – not cattle’

Hundreds of riders set to take to roads to help raise driver awareness

‘We’re not there to cause problems or block up the roads. We’re trying to raise awareness to drivers about how we want to be passed’

Driver who told rider ‘horses should be in fields’ adds: ‘I’m quite a rude person’

Horse pursued on road by ‘whooping’ quad bikers crashes into wall

‘I was shouting at them, saying please stop, it isn’t a game; someone’s going to die’

Show pony spooked by loud motorbike goes through trailer wall

’He’d never heard anything like this. The next thing we saw was his hooves sticking out of the side of the trailer’

Close to two horses a week are killed on Britain’s roads

‘This will really highlight the issues on our roads’

Rider tackles first side-saddle race in memory of carriage driver killed in crash

The rider is raising funds for road safety charity, Brake

New safety feature allows riders to report incidents via app

Riders can report in different categories including road incidents and those involving dogs and cyclists

Concerns raised in parliament over electric cars’ danger to horses