India, May 21 -- TyreSafe has issued an urgent appeal to UK's equine and equestrian community following new national data that reveals a sharp rise in preventable tyre-related breakdowns involving horseboxes and trailers. The warning is based on a four-year analysis of Strategic Road Network data from 2022 to 2025, which exposes a growing maintenance gap across the towing sector. According to the findings, this neglect endangers not only road users but also the welfare of horses during transit.

The analysis shows that towing-related breakdowns have reached 4,830 incidents per year, with tyre failures accounting for 25 to 28 percent of all cases, meaning roughly one in four such breakdowns is avoidable. Since 2022, tyre failures in horseb...