Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour) on Wednesday, 13 July 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 July 2005. It was answered by Stephen Ladyman (Labour) on Monday, 18 July 2005 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Road Accidents (Horses)

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road accidents involving horses occurred in each year since 2000.

Answer

The numbers of personal injury road accidents in Great Britain involving at least one ridden horse are shown in the following table.

	Fatal accidents	Serious accidents	Slight accidents	All personal injury accidents
2000	2	29	121	152
2001	4	19	130	153
2002	1	25	123	149
2003	4	34	115	153
2004	2	30	106	138

Secondary information