Serious B5117 crash in Manchester on 7 March 2025 at 17:00 involving a BMW i3
A BMW i3 hit a pedestrian on the B5117 in Manchester at 17:00 on Friday 7 March 2025. A 29-year-old male pedestrian 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
- 7 Mar 2025
- Friday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- BMW i3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46878, longitude -2.23589, in the M13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ardwick, Manchester, M13 9JU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025061562633
- Council area
- Manchester
- Police force
- Greater Manchester
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5117
- 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
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 September 2012.
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the B5117 in Manchester, 19 September 2012
4 m awayRef 201206E064883
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A34 in Manchester, 9 August 1999
12 m awayRef 199906C007933
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B5117 in Manchester, 10 January 2003
19 m awayRef 200306C021276
Slight
Bus crash on the B5117 in Manchester, 14 June 2004
22 m awayRef 200406C904292
Slight
Leyland crash on the B5117 in Manchester, 30 January 2004
22 m awayRef 200406C025203
Serious
Peugeot 205 crash on the B5117 in Manchester, 4 August 1997
28 m awayRef 199706C103297
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: BMW i3
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 29, hit by vehicle 1 (BMW i3)
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
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 2025061562633 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 2025.