M25 crash J10 clockwise

Crash on the M25 clockwise at J10 on Friday 16 October 2026, from 10:40. Still reported at 18:00 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Live since 10:40 (7 h 20 min)

Location

M25 clockwise · J10

Reported as

Collision

Delay

~11 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~44 min

Sources

TomTom ×8 · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. 10:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. 10:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
3. 10:58 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
4. 11:31 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. 11:36 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. 11:40 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. 11:45 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~17), “Slow traffic”
8. 12:03 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~5)
9. 12:26 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. 12:31 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
11. 12:59 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. 13:26 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
13. 13:31 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
14. 14:17 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
15. 14:27 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
16. 14:36 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
17. 15:18 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
18. 15:27 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~6), “Queuing traffic”
19. 15:27 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
20. 15:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~21 min
21. 15:45 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~29), “Slow traffic”
22. 15:50 TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~8), “Queuing traffic”
23. 15:50 TomTom: delay now ~39 min (was ~24), “Stationary traffic”
24. 15:54 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~39), “Queuing traffic”
25. 16:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~23 min
26. 16:13 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~31), “Slow traffic”
27. 16:17 TomTom: delay now ~34 min (was ~8), “Queuing traffic”
28. 16:37 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
29. 16:54 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
30. 17:08 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~44), “Queuing traffic”
31. 17:21 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~16 min
32. 17:23 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
33. 17:35 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
34. 17:44 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
35. 17:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~15 min
36. 17:49 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (10 signs; furthest along: M25 J10 clockwise exit).

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 stopped traffic J9–J10 clockwise15:35 · Live
• M25 stopped traffic J29–J30 clockwise14:59 · Live
• M25 delays J25–J26 clockwise14:26 · Live
• M25 stopped traffic J1512:26 · Live
• M25 crash J24–J23 anticlockwise12:17 · cleared after 3 h 4 min
• M25 crash J23–J22 anticlockwise10:40 · cleared after 30 min
• M25 reported crash J21–J20 anticlockwise10:33 · cleared after 48 min
• M25 crash J3007:14 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
• M25 crash J13–J12 anticlockwise06:46 · cleared after 5 h 54 min
• M25 crash J14–J15 clockwise06:40 · cleared after 5 h 46 min

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