A665 crash in Manchester on 20 May 2025 at 12:52 involving an Alexander Dennis bus
An Alexander Dennis bus and a Honda Jazz were involved in a crash on the A665 in Manchester at 12:52 on Tuesday 20 May 2025. A male passenger in the Alexander Dennis bus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 May 2025
- Tuesday, 12:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Alexander Dennis and Honda Jazz
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.50721, longitude -2.23994, in the M8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crumpsall, Manchester, M8 9JN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Manchester
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025061598366
- 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
- A
- First road number
- 665
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 February 2016.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A665 in Manchester, 10 February 2016
4 m awayRef 201606A012425
Slight
Car crash on the A665 in Manchester, 27 March 2006
6 m awayRef 200606A047312
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A665 in Manchester, 15 October 2008
8 m awayRef 200806A003606
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A665 in Manchester, 24 August 2005
8 m awayRef 200506A032899
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A665 in Manchester, 20 November 2007
15 m awayRef 200706A083647
Slight
Nissan 100 crash on the A665 in Manchester, 30 October 2003
15 m awayRef 200306A016190
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Honda Jazz
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alexander Dennis)
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 2025061598366 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.