Horse riding ‘dangerous’
By
ROBIN CHARTERIS
London correspondent
Horse riding is now the most dangerous sport in Britain, causing more deaths than motor-racing and mountaineering. The latest figures show that 18 horse riders a year are killed, compared with 15 deaths from motor-sports and 12 from rock climbing. A new campaign to highlight the horrors of riding accidents claimed that more motorists than ever before were unaware of the dangers of driving fast past horses and that too few horse riders were wearing protective clothing or taking adequate precautions when on the roads.
The campaign has won Royal support and was launched in the Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace.
Eight of Britain’s three million horse riders are involved in accidents every day.
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