Started my journey north, found a vehicle that could be run, but not driven. Turned the vehicle on, turned headlights on. Left vehicle in this state. Continued journey. After death ~1 hour later, took same route to head back north. It was now night. I could see the headlights still on from a distance as I approached. When I got to the point where the vehicle/immediate area around it would render in completely, client experienced a hard lock. No messages, just locked screen requiring task manager kill to clear app. On loading in, I was ok, and continued north. After dying again, I again took same route back north, and same crash event occurred when approaching the vehicle at night.

i7-6700k
GTX 980 (20 minute shadow play enabled)
16gb RAM (DDR4-3200)
512 Samsung 850 SSD