M73 Recovery
Recovery support on the M73 link road — Maryville to the M80, crossing the M8 at Baillieston.
The M73 is short — a link motorway on Glasgow’s eastern edge connecting the M74 at Maryville with the M80, and crossing the M8 at the Baillieston interchange on the way. Because it stitches three motorways together, it carries far more traffic than its length suggests, and its interchanges are where trouble tends to happen.
Glasgow Recovery Help connects drivers with local recovery support for breakdowns and incidents on the M73 and its junctions.
Where breakdowns happen on the M73
The Baillieston interchange is the pressure point — weaving traffic, short merges and queues in every direction at peak times. The Maryville end catches M74 traffic heading north, and the top end funnels everything towards the M80 at Mollinsburn.
If it's an emergency, call 999 first
If anyone is injured, if your vehicle is in a live traffic lane, or if there is any immediate danger, contact the emergency services before anything else. Your safety comes first.
If you've broken down or had an incident
- Get yourself and passengers to a safe place, away from moving traffic where possible.
- Switch on hazard lights and, if you have one and it's safe, place a warning triangle well behind the vehicle.
- Wear a hi-vis vest if you have one, especially at night or in poor weather.
What recovery on the M73 involves
Tell us which interchange you are between and your direction of travel — on a road this short, that is usually enough to pinpoint you. Once you are safe to wait, recovery can collect the vehicle and take it to a garage in the east end, Coatbridge, Uddingston or anywhere else it needs to go.
Other routes we cover
Breakdowns rarely respect route boundaries. We also cover M8 recovery, M74 recovery, M77 recovery, M80 recovery, and our motorway recovery Glasgow page covers the network as a whole.
Frequently asked questions
I've broken down in a live lane — what do I do?
Do not get out into moving traffic. Keep your seatbelt on, switch on your hazard lights and call 999 straight away. The police and traffic authorities will make the scene safe. Recovery of the vehicle comes after everyone is safe.
I'm not sure if I'm on the M73 or the M8 — does it matter?
It helps, but do not worry: describe the last junction or sign you passed and your direction, or send a what3words location. The interchange area is well signposted and recovery operators know it well.
Can recovery collect from a slip road or the hard shoulder?
Yes. Once you are in a position where it is safe to stop and wait, recovery can typically collect from a hard shoulder, slip road, layby or nearby street. Share your exact location, a junction number or a what3words reference in your request.
Is motorway recovery available at night?
We are in our launch phase and are preparing round-the-clock routing. You can send a request at any hour and we will be honest about what is available rather than promising overnight dispatch we cannot yet back up.
Request recovery help
Tell us what's happened and where you are. We'll use these details to help connect you with local recovery support as our partner network comes online.
Preparing our network. We are getting our recovery partners in place. Emergency call routing will be added soon — this form is not yet an immediate dispatch service.