Important - for all those that wish to ride off road.

PeterNatt said:
Please can more people respond.
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Please could you answer my question about the data? It does not look correct at all, and if it is wrong, then when people share it they may not be taken seriously if there are incorrect facts in there.
 
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JenJ said:
Please could you answer my question about the data? It does not look correct at all, and if it is wrong, then when people share it they may not be taken seriously if there are incorrect facts in there.
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I agree, the data does look wrong. The most recent complete data is from 2014 (but its doesn't change much year to year)

According to RoSPA, There was one adult horse rider killed and 23 who were seriously injured in vehicle related accidents recorded by the police in Great Britain in 2014. Overall there was a total of 104 horse rider casualties. One child horse rider was seriously injured in a collision with a vehicle.


Cyclist Casualties reported to the Police in 2014.

Killed - Children 6 , Adults 107, Total 113

Seriously Injured - Children 273, Adults 3,090, Total 3,401

Slightly Injured - Children 1,726, Adults 15,684, Total 17,773

Total Injuries - Children 2005, Adults 18,881, All injuries total 21,287

Logically this looks correct, as a large proportion of homes in the UK have a bike and a car, hence there is a much greater chance of them coming together at some point. RoSPA also comments that there are many more cycling accidents that occur on the road where the cyclist attends hospital but it is not reported to the Police. I would suspect that in most cases where a horse rider is injured by on the road the Police are informed.
 
Hmm. Agree - we need to get the facts straight before sending hundreds of emails or they may be discredited!

If the facts do not back up the quoted statistics, I would recommend leaving them out as the sentiment still stands.

What are the percentages (are these data available?) in terms of total [cyclists|horse riders]/numbers injured on roads/numbers killed on roads?
 
Has everyone sending this response read the full strategy?

Reading through it, it seems to be very focussed around health of the population and largely engineered towards commuting - work, school etc - so I'm going to amend my response to be around the safety aspect that, if horse riders can use these new routes, it will be safer, but also to include details about how riding is beneficial to mental and physical health and should therefore be encouraged etc...

HOWEVER I can see an early objection to be around horse poo on these routes as a part of their strategy is about "better streets" - clean places where walkers and cyclists are the priority.

I think it's important in all our responses that we can forestall these sorts of objections so that there's a better chance they won't just dismiss our emails and online responses. Any good statisticians out there who can get us some good numbers and info about health benefits of riding???? :D
 
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