April 21, 2009 @ 4:42 pm
Scary Eventing Fall Statistic
I have written many times about the dangers of eventing but even I was shocked by a statistic of an accident investigator at a recent inquest of an UK eventing rider death last year. In their opinion, there is of 30% chance of serious injury or death from a somersault fall. The coroner said he intended to write to British Eventing about making the sport safer.
I guess the other statistic we need to determine is the probability of a somersault fall! I always knew I was lucky to survive mine as a teenager but seeing such a number really brought it home to me.
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May 11th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Heavens! I think I’ll sell the new horse and get my daughter to take up tennis.
Except I know of a girl her got a concussion from the tennis court….
This really is a shocking statistic. Yes, we do need to prevent these falls. You were lucky.