A horse was killed and a woman injured following a road crash in Glenmavis on Sunday morning.
Police received reports of a collision on the village's Brackenhirst Road at around 9.24am.
It is understood the horse was killed almost instantly after the car collided with it.
The female horse rider was taken to Wishaw General Hospital having suffered back injuries in the accident, with her current condition unknown.
The driver of the car has been arrested, with a Police Scotland spokesperson saying: “Officers were called to the report of a road traffic crash on Brackenhirst Road, Glenmavis, at around 9.24am on Sunday, April 25.
"A car and a horse were in collision. As a result the horse was killed.
"The female rider on the horse at the time was taken to Wishaw General Hospital with back injuries. The driver of the car was arrested and will be the subject of a report to the procurator fiscal.”
This collision was one of nine road incidents involving horses to take place in Lanarkshire during 2020-21 - six in North Lanarkshire and three in neighbouring South Lanarkshire.
The British Horse Society is urging Lanarkshire drivers to be careful when passing horses on the road and encouraging them to adhere to its Dead Slow campaign messages.
The charity has collated incident statistics to understand the rate of incidents involving horses on UK roads. Of the 1010 reported, 80 per cent of them occurred due to vehicles passing by too closely and close to half were subject to road rage.
As a result, the organisation has launched a new free safety app, Horse i, which allows riders to report incidents as soon as they get back to the yard.
Alan Hiscox, director of safety at The British Horse Society, said: “The number of incidents involving horses on Britain’s roads remain far too high, despite the time spent in lockdown over the past year.
"With 80 per cent of the incidents reported to us having occurred due to vehicles passing too close it is evident that there is still a great need for better education on how to safely pass horses on the road.
"It is also deeply concerning that close to half of riders were subject to road rage. We all have a right to feel safe on the roads and no one should face abuse for exercising this right.
"Only one in 10 people report incidents to us and we hope the new BHS safety reporting app, Horse i, will encourage more people to report these incidents to us.”
Horse i is available to download for free from the Apple store and Google Play. Equestrians who do not use smart phones can record incidents via the online form here.
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