Horse and Road Safety Survey - please complete if you hack in the UK!

OP, may I suggest you read the equestrian access forum's August report, and the latest BHS access report, there are stats about road types in them. I would also suggest contacting this site, http://www.horseaccidents.org.uk/ as they are recording types of hacking accidents, and where/when/time etc
 
At the risk of being accused of nitpicking the survey design, I had several near misses, so picked the most recent. Reflective numnah - that would only be of relevance if I also had a transparent saddle! Not sure of the logic of inferring a relationship between the tack worn and whether the driver saw us in time. No questions on road conditions, visibility, where the vehicle came from, etc. Myler is a bit manufacturer, not a type. The bit I use was not mentioned.
 
I do wonder about the inclusion of tack worn, I can foresee that you could end up with the correlation of GP saddles and near misses with traffic, only because the majority of people hack in GP's. It is a bit like suggesting that there is a direct link between eating ice cream and death by drowning, just because both things tend to happen when the weather is hotter!
 
KristmasKat said:
Done but I'm intrigued about the last two questions, what possible relveance to road safety could wearing a breastplate or crupper have? Or whether you use a single or double jointed snaffle?

Also I said my horse doesn't wear any flourescent wear, but in fact she often wears something but not always the same thing. It depends upon the weather.
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I feel I should point out that your insurance may depend on you and your horse wearing hi-viz clothing. Sometime ago, as a result of an article in a magazine, I consulted my specialist horse insurance company about the hi-vz issue and was told that they would not pay out in case of an accident unless the horse and rider were wearing/carrying at least a hi-vis jacket or waistcoat for the rider, and boots on all 4 legs of the horse. (They said this was the minimum of hi-vis and ideally more is better.) They said that this would apply even if the horse and rider were in no way responsible for the accident[/I]!!!
 
Thanks everyone - as I mentioned earlier the tack question is one I threw in just for my interest.

When I tested the survey the FR numnah saddlecloth was asked for as one student used one!

Bits were a difficult issue - but as I said this was a little indulgence on my part.

If you had several near misses you can complete it more than once, however the company have put a block on completing the survey more than once on one pc - which is really helpful ..! If you have access to more than one...!

I'm very aware about the insurance/FR thing, though you'd be surprised to know there are many horses out there that are not insured.

Thank you to everyone :-)
 
Oh yes - I am in contact with others thankyou.

I woul love to have the time/money to include other variables such as weather, visibility in a future study but just do not have the time to crunch all that data and do a corresponding lit review so have gone for the basics on this one as I have a date to get it done by.
Thanks again,
 
Ellen Durow, I always wear hi-viz, my horse sometimes wears it depending upon the weather and light conditions. My insurance policy doesn't specify a minimum amount of hi-viz and so if they refused cover they would have a fight on their hands. Can you provide a link to the case as it sounds as though it could be an interesting precedent.
 
As other member stated the FR clothing I and my grey mare wear totally depends on the weather. My 3 near misses were not as a result of visibility - just drivers going too fast on country lanes.(pick-up, milk lorry and van) As a driver the one thing always seems visible over the hedgerows is a hat band/cover - Please wear one
 
Rose Scofield said:
Thanks very much everyone! The data will be processed many different ways so skewing etc will be taken into account.
The weather does make people change their reflective gear - but should it? That's another lot of research to be done!
The reason I have included other tack is because my most recent work has been concerning certain items of tack and I popped it in there just to see!
Different types of roads could be considered in a future study - however no one has yet completed research on whether we have more accidents on major or minor roads with our horses.
If you wish to complete it twice it has to be done on a different computer - only realised this afterwards (something to do with the survey company...).
Thanks again everyone - keep passing it on, the more I get the better the data!
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Thanks Rose. I just wanted to check that you weren't planning to produce conclusions on the incidence of accidents related to horses wearing particular tack. :-)
 
KristmasKat said:
Ellen Durow, I always wear hi-viz, my horse sometimes wears it depending upon the weather and light conditions. My insurance policy doesn't specify a minimum amount of hi-viz and so if they refused cover they would have a fight on their hands. Can you provide a link to the case as it sounds as though it could be an interesting precedent.
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If I remember correctly, last time this question was asked nobody could provide any case law or other evidence.
 
Rose Scofield said:
If you had several near misses you can complete it more than once, however the company have put a block on completing the survey more than once on one pc - which is really helpful ..! If you have access to more than one...!
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Slightly OT but it is actually really helpful when used more in the way SM was designed for. Recognising a user who has already completed a particular survey prevents ballot box stuffing, whereby someone bombs the survey with the same responses in order to skew towards bias. Just clear your browsing data if you want to complete it more than once on the same machine :)

OP, maybe in future surveys where you might want users to include multiple experiences, use additional and different fields to allow the user to record more than one experience on the same survey instead of completing it twice or more. Will prevent you getting clones of the same user as well, which isn’t ideal for data analysis (I know you’ve said the way the data will be process will prevent skewing somehow but you haven’t asked for any personally identifying factors – therefore e.g. if I complete the survey twice, you have no way of knowing for sure if I’m one person or two). Apologies if that’s obvious.

Just out of interest, what’s the research itself for? Are you a student or is it for something different? :)
 
Tinypony said:
If I remember correctly, last time this question was asked nobody could provide any case law or other evidence.
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Exactly.

As a lawyer I'd be very interested in the case if there is one, although I suspect it is an urban legend. The Courts would be unlikely in my view to impose a higher burden on riders than other road users or than that required by law/the highway code.
 
Hi, I have been very limited due to cost of survey vehicle - I see your points!
Personally I have just completed my Research Masters and am hoping (everything crossed!) to go to PhD. I am involved with the International Society for Equitation Science and have presented research at their conferences.

Thanks again for completing everyone :-)
 
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