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Serious A57 crash in Manchester on 26 December 2025 at 22:48 involving a Honda Jazz

A Honda Jazz crashed on the A57 in Manchester at 22:48 on Friday 26 December 2025. The 47-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Dec 2025
Friday, 22:48
Vehicles
1
Honda Jazz
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47318, longitude -2.25944, in the M15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Manchester. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ordsall, Salford, M5 4YU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Manchester

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025061688258
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
57
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 October 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Jazz

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,339 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Jazz)

    Serious injury band
    Very serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2025061688258 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.