The manufacturer filed it. Here it is, by model.
BMW i5: deaths and injuries the manufacturer reported to NHTSA
BMW reported 5 incidents alleging a death or injury in a BMW i5, model years 2024–2025, in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21), through 2026 Q1. Each is a claim the manufacturer received, not a finding; NHTSA does not verify them.
By model year
Source: manufacturer EWR death and injury reports and production reportsThe model year is the one the manufacturer named in the report. A model year with its own page links to it. “Built” is the manufacturer’s cumulative production for the model year from its latest Early Warning production report; the rate is incidents per 100,000 of them.
By the system the claimant named
Source: as the manufacturer reported it| System named | Incidents | Killed |
|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Speed Control | 2 | 0 |
| Electrical System | 1 | 1 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
| Structure | 1 | 0 |
An incident naming several systems is counted under each. “Fire” and “Other” are categories in the rule, not systems.
Every one of these, dated and numbered
The defect dossier for the BMW i5 puts each report beside the recalls, investigations, bulletins and owner complaints on the same system, as a PDF and two CSVs: the BMW i5, one system, every model year, numbered as exhibits.
The incidents
Source: VIN shown as NHTSA publishes it: the first eleven characters| Incident | Model year | State | Killed | Injured | Systems named | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-26 | 2025 | CA | 0 | 1 | Vehicle Speed Control | 2025 Q2 |
| 2025-03-19 | 2024 | CH | 1 | 0 | Electrical System | 2025 Q2 |
| not reported | 2025 | MA | 0 | 1 | Structure | 2025 Q1 |
| 2024-08-21 | 2024 | CA | 0 | 3 | Other | 2025 Q2 |
| 2024-05-31 | 2024 | FL | 0 | 1 | Vehicle Speed Control | 2024 Q2 |
Each row above is a claim or notice BMW received alleging a death or injury in a BMW i5 and reported to NHTSA as 49 CFR 579.21 requires; NHTSA does not verify it, and a i5 that sold more will have more rows. All BMW models · What these reports are, and are not.