M25 closed J26–J25 anticlockwise

Road closure on the M25 anticlockwise at J26–J25 on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 22:17. Still reported at 00:47 UK time. Timeline of reports from National Highways and TomTom.

Status

Live since yesterday 22:17 (2 h 30 min)

Location

M25 anticlockwise · J26–J25

Reported as

Road closed

Lanes

Road closed

At its worst

Delay ~8 min

Sources

National Highways · TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. yesterday 22:17 National Highways: 3 of 4 lanes closed
2. yesterday 22:57 TomTom: road closed
3. yesterday 23:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
4. yesterday 23:38 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. yesterday 23:52 TomTom no longer reports it
6. yesterday 23:56 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
7. 00:01 TomTom no longer reports it
8. 00:15 TomTom: road closed (reported again)

Source reports

• M25 anti-clockwise between J26 and J25
• Closed
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 closed J27–J2800:15 · Live
• M25 crash J10–J9 clockwiseyesterday 19:03 · cleared after 1 h 20 min
• M25 reported crash J27 anticlockwiseyesterday 19:03 · cleared after 1 h 21 min
• M25 stopped traffic J17–J16yesterday 18:54 · cleared after 24 min
• M25 reported crash J10 clockwiseyesterday 18:43 · cleared after 40 min
• M25 reported crash J29 clockwiseyesterday 18:42 · cleared after 41 min
• M25 crash J27–J28 clockwiseyesterday 16:55 · cleared after 3 h 28 min
• M25 stopped traffic J15–J16yesterday 15:18 · cleared after 3 h 51 min
• M25 stopped traffic J5–J6 clockwiseyesterday 14:57 · cleared after 2 h 49 min
• M25 stopped traffic J3–J2 anticlockwiseyesterday 10:36 · cleared after 9 h 6 min

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