Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is issued to police forces on the investigation of road traffic collisions involving horses and riders where serious injury is caused; and whether she has plans to review existing guidance where no human fatality has occurred.

Guidance is set out on the investigation of all road collisions resulting in serious injury and fatality, by the College of Policing and the National Police Chiefs’ Council.

The police are the lead agency for investigations of road traffic collisions and have the primary duty to investigate and establish the circumstances that have led to any serious injury involving horses and riders.

The Government has no plans to review guidance for police officers which informs operational decisions, including the investigation of road traffic collisions, as police have the knowledge, expertise and training to inform reasonable guidance and decisions.