Hi-Viz for safety

In a recent study concluded over a 10 year period in the UK, “60% of UK horse riders report having experienced a road-related near-miss or accident” so the aim of the study was to describe “horse-related road incidents” and to then “identify factors associated with higher odds of collisions with another vehicle and horse fatalities.”  The study found that “drivers passed the horse too closely in 84.2% of incidents while road rage and speeding were reported in 40.3% and 40.1% of incidents, respectively.

A fatal injury to a horse is almost 12 times as likely to result in severe to fatal rider/handler injury.

Close passing distance alone or in combination with speeding was associated with higher collision odds compared to speeding alone. Speeding was, however, associated with higher horse fatality odds.”