Police horse recuperating from damage in collision with automobile

A police horse is recuperating from a “slight damage” sustained in a highway visitors collision with a automobile – as police attraction for witnesses or dashcam photos.

West Yorkshire Police issued an attraction for info the day gone by (7 March) following the incident closing Friday (1 March).

A police spokesman mentioned the incident came about on Bradford Street, Tingley, Leeds, at 2.10pm and concerned a Nissan automobile and Police Horse Ledston, who’s based totally with the power’s fixed segment at Carr Gate, Wakefield.

The spokesman showed that no folks had been injured within the collision. Ledston sustained a “very slight damage”, however the spokesman added that this was once now not the rest he “received’t absolutely get well from”.

“Officials from the roads policing unit are interesting for someone who can have witnessed the collision or who can have dashcam photos to touch them,” mentioned the spokesman.

Any individual with data at the incident will have to name 101 or file on-line at www.westyorkshire.police.united kingdom/101livechat, quoting reference 0838 of one/3.

British Horse Society (BHS) highway statistics

The society’s annual statistics confirmed that 3 folks and 6 horses died at the highway in 2023, and 94 folks and 86 horses had been injured. Of the three,383 incidents reported to the BHS 85% came about as a result of a automobile handed too intently or too rapid.

A BHS spokesman mentioned the figures are a “stark reminder” that highway incidents involving equestrians are proceeding to occur round the United Kingdom – in spite of the Freeway Code adjustments in 2022. Within the Freeway Code drivers are steered to go horses at not more than 10mph, and at two metres’ distance.

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Since becoming a member of H&H in 2018, Becky has lined a huge vary of equestrian information together with welfare issues, veterinary research, FEI Tribunal hearings and highway protection campaigns. She has additionally interviewed best riders together with Scott Brash, John Whitaker and Ian Stark, to call only a few. Becky’s reporting has taken her to Canada for Spruce Meadows and France for Pau five-star, in addition to the Royal Highland and Blair Citadel Global Horse Trials nearer to house. She was once additionally a key a part of the far flung reporting staff for the Tokyo Olympics and the Europeans.