Not seen this before, rather sobering the ease with which the central reservation was crossed. I would not like to experience this in a classic Defender.

I wouldn't like to experience it in anything  Defender 90XS SW
Discovery Sport
Morgan Plus 8

Yes, I didn't phrase that very well, did I?

It's possible though that a Defender would have absorbed more energy as the roof collapsed onto the driver's head and as a result would not have vaulted the arrestor wires on the central reservation.

When you look at the clip and the amount of traffic, it is truly extraordinary that no other vehicle were involved. I hope the driver was OK, other than a shocking laundry bill and a destroyed car.

Great that no one stopped to see if he was alive... call police... etc....

Looks like he lost the nearside rear wheel - you can see it bouncing off into the grass.

I had that happen to me not so very long ago (losing that wheel) but I wasn't on the motorway doing 60 or 70 and thankfully there was no-one else around.

As Discomog said, I wouldn't like to do that in anything. In fact I'd be very happy never to even see such a thing happening. Donald

1994 Defender 300Tdi 110 SW - owned since 2002 - 230k miles and going strong
(The 'rolling restoration' or tinkering thread: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic58538.html)
2000 Range Rover P38 4.0L V8

in the past..
RR classic - fitted with 200Tdi
1984 RR classic - V8 with ZF auto box
1993 Discovery 300Tdi

not to mention the minis and the Type 2 VW camper...

Looks like the M11 north of Stansted

The trucker whose dashcam recorded the crash says it was the M4.

Its the M4 25 miles west of Swindon - there is a glimpse of a sign

But that's horrific - both for the driver and the unsuspecting drivers on the opposite carriageway too! Steve N | 21MY Defender (on order) | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)

for anyone not seeing this yet watch from 55 seconds DEFENDER 90 TDCI XS,

I hope everyone is well and your land rovers make you happy

Bloody hell. As pointed out by Donmacn it looks like a near side front wheel failure. Wonder if it was loose or sneered bolts? I got more and more tense waiting that first minute. Hope they were ok.

As an aside, I love the fact that when foreigners learn English, swearing in English so often becomes their default setting. Especially the 'F-word' as there's arguably no better word for a moment like this. Monsieur Le Grenadier

I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list.....

2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey

Simon Audi wrote:

Great that no one stopped to see if he was alive... call police... etc....

I think Blackwolf is correct. A similar thing happened to me a few years ago on the M18 where a van had a blow out immediately in front of me in Lane 2 and finished up going over the central armco onto the opposite carriageway. I immediately pulled onto the hard shoulder and dialled 999 while at the same time checking that someone had stopped to help on the other carriageway. The driver behind me also pulled on the hard shoulder to check that I was ringing for the emergency services.

It is just too dangerous to even think about getting out and crossing over five or six lanes of fast moving traffic who are no doubt rubber necking and not paying attention to the road ahead. Defender 90XS SW
Discovery Sport
Morgan Plus 8