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The BHS has released its most recent statistics on horse-related incidents

Horse & Hound Trending: Credit: Avon and Somerset Police A police force’s mounted branch is taking to the streets with front- and rear-facing cameras, in hopes of catching dangerous and inappropriate driving past horses. After concerns were raised by riders, and as part of the force’s work protecting vulnerable road users, Avon and Somerset Police’s roads policing unit supplied the mounted branch with the equipment. Mounted section sergeant Ed Amor told H&H the section has worked with the British Horse Society on its Dead Slow road safety campaign, but had not so far carried ...

Horse & Hound Trending: Library image. Credit: no credit A rider whose horse had to be put down after being hit by a car has spoken of her heartbreak as she refused to leave her mare’s side – as the British Horse Society (BHS) reports four horse deaths on the roads in six weeks. A BHS spokesman said the four separate incidents, which took place in Cumbria, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Leicestershire, all occurred during daylight hours and each involved a car driving “straight into the back” of the horses. All four riders, who had been wearing high vis, were injured ; two r...