In the last 10 years, nearly 20,000 road incidents have been recorded by horse riders and carriage drivers. Eight people have been killed along with 559 horses – that’s almost sixty horses a year killed on UK roads. This can’t continue.

This year for our Dead Slow campaign, we’re going dark in memory of the horses, riders and carriage drivers killed or injured on our roads. You’ll see a change across our socials, emails and website. We want all road users and policy makers to understand the devastating impact driving carelessly past horses can have, and the importance of passing horses slow and wide.

Help us by downloading the Horse I app and recording any incidents or near misses on the road. Every record helps us fight to make strengthen the argument to make our roads safer for both people and horses.

Who we are

We’re British Horse Society, or BHS.

As the UK’s largest equestrian charity, we’re here to help horses and everyone who cares for them enjoy the best possible life together. That means championing safety on and off road. Improving welfare. Supporting education. And making sure everyone, everywhere, gets the chance to feel the life-changing joy of horses – whether for the first time, or a lifetime. Because there’s no feeling quite like it.

For horses. For people. For life.