Roads: Horse Riding
Commons · Question 79952 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road collisions took place between vehicles and horses in 2024; and what proportion of these were a result of a vehicle passing too closely or quickly.
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 16 Oct 2025
There were 56 reported personal injury collisions, on public roads (including footways), involving at least one ridden horse and another vehicle in Great Britain 2024.In 15 cases, a police officer attended the scene of the collision and recorded at least ...