Woman seeks compensation over riding accident

A woman who was injured while riding a horse is seeking compensation.

In 2006, Shelley Brown was on a road near Shoreham-by-Sea when she fell from her mount Tommy, Horse & Hound Online reports.

The 47-year-old alleges that trail bike rider Ian Surry caused the accident.

She suggests that he was driving too fast and failed to operate with consideration for other road users.

According to Ms Brown, he did not slow down and stop and he saw - or should have seen her - on her horse.

As Mr Surry was uninsured at the time of the accident, she is looking to get money from the Motor Insurers Bureau, which was established in 1946 and provides compensation to the victims of negligent uninsured or untraced drivers.

He disputes her allegations and his defence team say that he stopped to let the horse pass and was not driving too fast.