Nasty crash - glasgow

[richy_B]

Saw in the news this evening about a nasty crash in Glasgow. Apparently tractor (Fastrac from image) pulling a low loader with two large looking excavators, hit a bus and hgv and a digger toppled onto nearby/passing cars. One dead. From the rwport it sounds like brakes failed but i wonder if the hgv was overtaking the bus on the wrong side, which may have been at a bus stop. That's a lot of trailer for a fastrac if someone did pull out on him amd he had no where to manoeuvre to.

 

Regardless, RIP. HSE are going to be onto this big time.

 

http://metro.co.uk/2016/05/24/diggers-topple-on-to-cars-on-outskirts-of-glasgow-5902239/

Edited May 24, 2016 by richy_B

[Johny Walker]

was the fastrac towing or being carried as cant see any truck,

[richy_B]

It's described a two diggers on trailer being towed by an agricultural vehicle so I assumed the fastrac was towing. The jcb excavator pictures looks pretty big though, minimum 10t. Hard to see how two excavators could be on one agri low loader. Only one excavator pictured and no hgv. Stuff may have been removed though.

Edited May 24, 2016 by richy_B

[richy_B]

It's probably bad reporting. Two 'jcbs' involve was probably taken to mean two being carried. Doubt the general public know what a fastrac is. Also excavator hasn't toppled or broken it's ratchets. Looks more like trailer jack knifed, maybe disconnected then hit the cars. From the location of the fastrac it's seems more probable.

[Matthew Storrs]

Tragic accident. I can't beleive that a tractor is actually allowed to tow travel at 31 tons GTW without some sort of fail safe brakes- crazy IMO, particularly given that they are not currentlu subjected to road worthiness tests either.

 

Can't really see from the photos how its physically possible to fit a second digger on that trailer, media have a tendancy to distort stories so....

[Mull]

Thought that I seen two excavators and a fastrac on the news clip earlier, one at side of road and one on trailer.

[Matthew Storrs]

It's probably bad reporting. Two 'jcbs' involve was probably taken to mean two being carried. Doubt the general public know what a fastrac is. Also excavator hasn't toppled or broken it's ratchets. Looks more like trailer jack knifed, maybe disconnected then hit the cars. From the location of the fastrac it's seems more probable.

 

Yes thats what i was thinking.

[Mick Dempsey]

Man dies after crash involving digger near Rutherglen - BBC News

 

Bbc website.

[briquette_seller]

Tragic accident. I can't beleive that a tractor is actually allowed to tow travel at 31 tons GTW without some sort of fail safe brakes- crazy IMO, particularly given that they are not currentlu subjected to road worthiness tests either.

 

Can't really see from the photos how its physically possible to fit a second digger on that trailer, media have a tendancy to distort stories so....

 

Horrific accident.

 

31 GTW, but the trailer isn't allowed to exceed 18 tonnes.

Anything over 40km requires air brakes, the same brakes as an commercial HGV, which are not fail safe, I don't know of a braking system that is?

[Tom D]

Thats screwed things up for everyone, VOSA will be all over tractors and mogs now.

 

Cheers Land Engineering.