M25 closed J5–J6 clockwise (obstruction)
Road closure on the M25 clockwise at J5–J6 on Thursday 22 October 2026, from 05:53. Still reported at 08:08 UK time. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Live since 05:53 (2 h 15 min)
- Location
- M25 clockwise · J5–J6
- Reported as
- Obstruction or hazard
- Lanes
- Road closed
- At its worst
- Delay ~18 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom ×4
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF DEBRIS”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~13 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~15 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF DEBRIS”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~14)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs: “VEHICLE FIRE”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
- TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~9)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: road closed
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF DEBRIS” (15 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J5 and J6).
- Stationary traffic
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “VEHICLE FIRE” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise within J5).
- Closed
Other recent incidents on the M25
- M25 stopped traffic J3
- M25 crash J29–J30 clockwise
- M25 closed J28–J27
- M25 closed J26–J25 anticlockwise
- M25 crash J10–J9 clockwise
- M25 reported crash J27 anticlockwise
- M25 stopped traffic J17–J16
- M25 reported crash J10 clockwise
- M25 reported crash J29 clockwise
- M25 crash J27–J28 clockwise
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