Road safety

Do you need insurance to ride your horse on the road? H&H explains...

Working out what insurance you do and don’t need when you’re out and about on the road with your horse can be confusing, so H&H finds out...

Government responds to petition calling for laws to protect horses on the road

‘We know the advice in the Highway Code doesn’t work – until it is made law drivers will carry on doing what they want’

Devastated rider’s call for change after horse’s leg broken in hit and run

‘He was the sweetest, kindest boy and a member of the family’

‘People are ready for change’: New calls for laws to protect horses on roads

‘It’s about getting the government to talk about it – there is no point if we don’t get the government’s attention. If we don’t, they don’t know we’re out there’

Rider’s appeal to coach driver who flicked the finger as he squeezed past horses

‘Becky’s heartfelt and powerful account of the incident will be used in our ongoing training programme for all drivers’

125 Pass Wide and Slow rides planned to help improve rider safety on the road *H&H Plus*

Badly broken arm for rider who ‘bounced off’ car that passed too close 

‘Ten more yards and we could have pulled in but as I put out my arm to stop him, he drove straight into me’

‘I’ll do my best for you’: Motorcyclist to spread horse riders’ road safety message

‘I thought it was lovely she took the time to thank us and I wanted to do something back’

Why we riders have to take some responsibility for our own safety on the roads *H&H Plus*

Three horse deaths in three weeks shine spotlight on road dangers *H&H Plus*

‘You don’t want a death on your conscience’: rider hopes video of road fall will help educate drivers

‘You don’t want to look back and think I wish I’d just slowed down, then I wouldn’t have killed that person – or that horse’

Police appeal after rider injured in hit-and-run

CCTV shows how horse’s spook saves rider from being struck by overtaking lorry

‘I wondered what the driver was doing – then he drove straight at me’

Taxi driver who ‘crashed’ into horse and rider blames low sun

‘The driver was screaming’: rider breaks nose after car passes too fast and close

‘I realise drivers don’t want to be hindered by horses but they need to be aware of the consequences; it’s someone’s life’

‘It only takes 10 seconds’: rider’s plea to drivers after pony falls on road

‘I don’t know if the driver saw us fall or not, if they did they kept going’

Police disappointed as 40 drivers pass horse too fast and close

‘We encourage riders to report any incident to the BHS horse accidents website, as we can use this information to implement initiatives like this’

Council leads the way to improve off-road access *H&H Plus*

‘The worst day of my life’: BHS releases emotive new road safety film

‘The aim of this video is to clearly demonstrate the devastating impact these incidents can have on riders and horses’

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