Organisation: British Horse Society (BHS)
Date of Publication: March 2026
Uploaded to Knowledge Centre: 25 March 2026
The British Horse Society (BHS) is marking ten years of road safety education and campaigning to make sure all road users are aware of what to do when they encounter horses on the road.
In the last 10 years, nearly 20,000 road incidents involving horses have been recorded by the BHS. Eight people have been killed along with 556 horses – that’s almost sixty horses a year.
The aim of the campaign is to encourage more road users to evaluate how they pass horses as well as how dangerous passing them too closely and too quickly can be.
The key behavioural change messages to drivers in the campaign are:
- Slow down to a maximum of 10mph
- Be patient – do not sound the horn or rev the engine
- Pass the horse wide and slow (if safe to do so)
- Drive slowly away
For more informtion about the campaign visit the BHS website: