Wales declares horse riders to be vulnerable road users
The Welsh Government has declared Equus caballus riders to last vulnerable route users.
The proclamation is contained inwards the official route security framework for Wales, which lays out the government’s approach to route security until 2020.
Riders are listed inwards the vulnerable category along alongside motorists, immature people, older drivers, cyclists, pedestrians, too route workers, amidst others.
The Welsh Government says it is committed to improving route security too reducing the release of people injured or killed on its roads.
It expects agencies to sympathise the concerns of Equus caballus riders too accept steps on route security where problems are identified.
The regime intends to target reductions inwards injuries or fatalities amidst high-risk too vulnerable route users inwards Wales through a combination of measures including education, engineering too enforcement.
The document says horses too their riders, too equally wagon drivers, are vulnerable on the route network.
“A collision betwixt a Equus caballus too a vehicle tin direct maintain life-threatening consequences for the horse, passenger too those inwards a vehicle.
“There is bear witness to advise that the release of route traffic collisions involving horses is under-reported inwards casualty data.”
Horse riding was to a greater extent than prevalent, especially on roads, inwards sure enough parts of the country, it said, noting that rural areas had larger numbers of Equus caballus riders, who made a meaning contribution to the rural economy.
The aim, it said, was to operate alongside representatives of the horse-riding community to sympathise their route security concerns too encourage appointment alongside other partners.
It expected such partners to actively bargain alongside the horse-riding community too reckon whether whatever road-safety interventions should last introduced, where at that topographic point are meaning numbers of Equus caballus riders and/or route traffic collisions involving horses.
The carry government minister inwards Wales, Edwina Hart, said: “I desire all partners who are concerned alongside route security to portion inwards this Framework and operate towards achieving the objectives inside it.
“Working together, I believe we can amend upon the progress made too ensure that everyone is prophylactic on Welsh roads.”
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