Serious B5166 crash in Manchester on 18 June 2017 at 13:10 involving a motorcycle
Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on the B5166 in Manchester at 13:10 on Sunday 18 June 2017. The 29-year-old male rider of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Jun 2017
- Sunday, 13:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41121, longitude -2.27774, in the M23 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wythenshawe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brooklands, Manchester, M23 0BZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201706E032103
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5166
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 2000.
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the B5166 in Manchester, 14 October 2000
6 m awayRef 200006C012321
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B5166 in Manchester, 2 April 2012
17 m awayRef 201206C058945
Serious
Leyland National crash on the B5166 in Manchester, 28 July 1998
20 m awayRef 199806C438598
Slight
Lada Samara crash on the B5166 in Manchester, 4 April 1997
20 m awayRef 199706C003397
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B5166 in Manchester, 24 June 2005
20 m awayRef 200506C028979
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B5166 in Manchester, 13 October 2025
33 m awayRef 2025061654341
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 29, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 201706E032103 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Manchester road accident statistics for 2017.