Question follow-through · 86398

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road incidents involving horses have been reported in each of the last five years; and how many of those incidents resulted in (a) injury and (b) death to (i) riders, (ii) drivers and (iii) horses.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Department for Transport
Tabled
29 Oct 2025
Target answer date
3 Nov 2025
Answer
3 Nov 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 29 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road incidents involving horses have been reported in each of the last five years; and how many of those incidents resulted in (a) injury and (b) death to (i) riders, (ii) drivers and (iii) horses.

  2. 3 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The number of reported personal injury road collisions involving horses and the numbers of killed or injured casualties in these collisions by road user type are shown in the table: YearCollisions involving horsesKilled horse ridersInjured horse ride...

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