Road safety

Injured rider given payout after unknown biker who spooked her horse left scene

The rider realised support was available when she read an article in H&H

Motorcylist ‘pulls wheelie’ past horse in shocking video

‘I’ve worn high-vis saying ‘young horse in training’ and had buses tooting their horns and people shouting abuse’

‘We’re putting our lives in their hands’: horse hit by car after driver ignored hand signals

‘We know our animals, we’re not asking people to stop to be ignorant, we want everyone on the roads to be safe’

‘We were very lucky’: driver sentenced after near-miss with riders on road

‘I wasn’t sure if the police would do anything because ultimately we were ok, but I felt I had a responsibility to report it’

Hobby horses help teach children about passing riders safely on the road

‘By educating children as well as adults, I really believe we can help to save even more lives in the future’

‘I’ve never screamed like it’: van brushes horse in terrifying ordeal

‘I raised my arms to ask the driver to slow down but as he came round he brushed Sizzler’s exercise sheet with his bonnet’

Formal warning for driver who verbally abused rider in shocking tirade

‘People need to understand we’re not on the roads to deliberately inconvenience them’

Horse needs 100 stitches after terrifying hit and run *Warning: graphic images*

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’