HL Deb 10 July 1990 vol 521 cc258-63WA
Lord Rea

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many deaths and injuries have occurred among horse riders during each of the past 10 years, by age and sex.

Viscount Davidson

The Department of Transport's accident reporting system covers deaths and injuries on public roads. Riders of horses are not specifically identified, but included in a larger group covering all riders of non-motorised vehicles other than pedal cycles. Information relating to this category of road user on public roads is given in the table below. Road injury accident data are compiled by date of accident. The second table shows data collected by the registrar general on deaths to riders on animals. These are expected to consist of horse riders in almost all cases. No information on injuries is available from this source. Data are compiled by date of registration.

Registered deaths among riders of animals, 1979–1988
Age Killed
Male Female All persons1
1979
0- 4 — — —
5- 9 — 1 1
10–14 — 2 2
15–19 1 2 3
20–29 1 4 5

Age Killed
Male Female All persons11
30–59 2 6 8
60 and over 2 — 2
All Ages2 6 15 21
1980
0– 4 — — —
5– 9 — 1 1
10–14 1 5 6
15–19 — 8 8
20–29 — 4 4
30–59 3 9 12
60 and over 2 1 3
All Ages2 6 28 34
1981
0– 4 — — —
5– 9 — — —
10–14 — 4 4
15–19 — 1 1
20–29 — 2 2
30–59 2 6 8
60 and over 6 1 7
All Ages2 8 14 22
1982
0– 4 — — —
5– 9 — — —
10–14 — 3 3
15–19 1 7 8
20–29 1 2 3
30–59 4 7 11
60 and over 5 — 5
All Ages2 11 19 30
1983
0– 4 — — —
5– 9 — — —
10–14 1 5 6
15–19 1 6 7
20–29 — 2 2
30–59 4 6 10
60 and over 1 2 3
All Ages2 7 21 28
1984
0– 4 — — —
5– 9 — — —
10–14 1 6 7

Deaths and injuries among non-motor vehicle drivers and riders other than cyclists on public roads, 1979–1988
Killed All Casualties
Age Male Female All persons1 Male Female All persons1
1979
0–4 — — — — — —
5–9 — — — 5 4 9
10–14 1 — 1 24 70 94
15–19 — 1 1 10 65 75
20–29 — — — 14 33 47
30–59 — 1 1 35 29 64
60 and over — — — 3 1 4
All Ages2 1 2 3 93 203 296
1980
9–4 — — — 1 1 2
5–9 — — — 6 5 11
10–14 — 5 5 14 83 97
15–19 — 3 3 11 79 90
20–29 — 2 2 9 38 47
30–59 1 3 4 26 28 54
50 and over — — — 3 2 5
Ml Ages2 1 13 14 70 236 306
1981
0–4 — — — 2 1 3
5–9 — — — 7 12 19
10–14 — 2 2 12 87 99

Age Killed
Male Female All perons1
15–19 — — —
20–29 — 5 5
30–59 3 7 1
60 and over 3 1 4
All Ages2 7 19 26
1985
0– 4 — — —
5– 9 — — —
10–14 — 2 2
15–19 — 1 1
20–29 1 5 6
30–59 — 7 7
60 and over 1 1 2
All Ages2 2 16 18
1986
0– 4 — — —
5– 9 — 1 1
10–14 — 1 1
15–19 1 — 1
20–29 1 1 2
30–59 5 5 10
60 and over 1 — 1
All Ages2 8 8 16
1987
0– 4 — — —
5– 9 — — —
10–14 — 1 1
15–19 — 1 1
20–29 3 1 4
30–59 3 6 9
60 and over — — —
All Ages2 6 9 15
1988
0– 4 — — —
5– 9 — — —
10–14 — 2 2
15–19 — 1 1
20–29 2 3 5
30–59 2 6 8
60 and over 3 2 5
All Ages2 7 14 21
1 Includes sex unknown.
2 Includes age unknown.

Killed All Casualties
Age Male Female All persons1 Male Female All persons1
15–19 — 1 1 6 77 83
20–29 — — — 11 28 39
30–59 — 2 2 15 24 39
60 and over — 1 1 3 4 7
All Ages2 — 6 6 56 234 290
1982
0–4 — — — 1 — 1
5–9 — — — 4 10 14
10–14 — 2 2 12 71 83
15–19 — 1 1 7 65 72
20–29 — — — 16 36 52
30–59 1 2 3 29 36 65
60 and over — — — 4 1 5
All Ages2 1 5 6 73 221 294
1983
0–4 — — — 1 — 1
5–9 — — — 6 7 13
10–14 1 3 4 14 93 107
15–19 — 3 3 9 79 88
20–29 — 1 1 15 40 55
30–59 — — — 18 31 49
60 and over — 1 1 5 5 10
All Ages2 1 8 9 68 256 324
1984
0–4 — — — 2 1 3
5–9 — — — 5 8 13
10–14 — 1 1 4 56 60
15–19 — — — 9 70 79
20–29 — 3 3 7 49 56
30–59 2 — 2 20 36 56
60 and over 1 — 1 9 1 10
All Ages2 3 4 7 56 222 278
1985
0–4 — — — — — —
5–9 — — — 1 7 8
10–14 — — — 3 59 62
15–19 — 1 1 13 55 68
20–29 — 1 1 11 45 56
30–59 — 1 1 22 32 54
60 and over — 1 1 9 5 14
All Ages2 — 4 4 61 203 264
1986
0–4 — — — 2 1 3
5–9 — — — 5 4 9
10–14 — 1 1 9 50 59
15–19 — — — 6 68 74
20–29 — — — 10 46 56
30–59 — — — 21 40 61
60 and over — — — 7 1 8
All Ages2 — 1 1 61 210 271
1987
0–4 — — — 1 1 2
5–9 — — — 4 — 4
10–14 — — — 11 38 49
15–19 — — — 4 42 46
20–29 — — — 9 37 46
30–59 1 — 1 27 27 54
60 and over 1 — 1 7 — 7
All Ages2 2 — 2 63 147 210
1988
0–4 — — — 1 — 1
5–9 — — — 2 2 4
10–14 — — — 8 34 42
15–19 — — — 10 49 59
20–29 — 2 2 14 43 57
30–59 1 1 2 25 57 82
60 and over — — — 8 8 16
All Ages2 1 3 4 68 195 263

1 Includes sex unknown.
2Includes age unknown.
The information in this table is not restricted to accidents on public roads and also includes accidents not occurring on public roads. Industrial action by registration officers in 1981 means that the figures for this year are incomplete. Further information is available in the OPCS publication Mortality Statistics by Cause, England and Wales 1981.

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