M25 crash J13 clockwise

Crash on the M25 clockwise at J13 on Thursday 24 September 2026, from 13:16. Cleared at 13:08 after 359 h 52 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 13:08 on 9 Oct 2026, after 359 h 52 min

Location

M25 clockwise · J13

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~33 min

Sources

TomTom ×13 · Motorway signs ×3

Timeline

1. Thu 13:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Thu 14:16 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. Thu 14:21 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. Thu 14:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~13 min
5. Thu 14:38 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. Thu 14:42 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
7. Thu 14:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
8. Thu 14:51 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. Thu 14:51 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
10. Thu 14:55 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
11. Thu 14:59 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
12. Thu 15:05 TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~13), “Stationary traffic”
13. Thu 15:11 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
14. Thu 15:11 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
15. Thu 15:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
16. Thu 15:13 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~23), “Slow traffic”
17. Thu 15:22 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~8), “Stationary traffic”
18. Thu 15:26 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
19. Thu 15:35 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
20. Thu 15:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
21. Thu 15:52 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
22. Thu 15:56 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
23. Thu 16:00 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~4), “Queuing traffic”
24. Thu 16:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~20 min
25. Thu 16:35 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
26. Thu 16:44 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
27. Thu 16:48 TomTom: delay now ~33 min (was ~22)
28. Thu 17:01 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~27 min
29. Thu 17:15 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~24)
30. Thu 17:20 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
31. Thu 17:27 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
32. Thu 17:27 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~14), “Stationary traffic”
33. Thu 17:32 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
34. Thu 17:49 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
35. Thu 17:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min
36. Thu 17:58 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
37. Thu 18:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~9 min
38. Thu 18:06 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~9)
39. Thu 18:15 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~16 min
40. Thu 18:15 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~23)
41. Thu 18:19 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~5)
42. Thu 18:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
43. Thu 18:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~12 min
44. Thu 18:26 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
45. Thu 18:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
46. Thu 18:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
47. Thu 18:46 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
48. Thu 18:50 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
49. Thu 18:54 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
50. Thu 19:06 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
51. Thu 19:26 TomTom no longer reports it
52. Thu 19:26 All clear: no source reports it any more
53. Fri 18:33 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (reported again)
54. Fri 19:03 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
55. Fri 19:03 All clear: no source reports it any more
56. Fri 12:08 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (reported again)
57. Fri 13:08 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
58. Fri 13:08 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: Carriageway connector at A30 northbound from M25 clockwise within J13).
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (6 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J13 and J14).
• Stationary traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (3 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J14 and J15).

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 crash J10–J9 anticlockwise02:51 · cleared after 33 min
• M25 crash J27–J28 clockwise02:13 · cleared after 1 h 29 min
• M25 crash J15 anticlockwise00:20 · cleared after 25 min
• M25 crash J11–J10 anticlockwiseyesterday 22:19 · cleared after 52 min
• M25 reported crash J11 anticlockwiseyesterday 21:53 · cleared after 49 min
• M25 crash J16–J17 clockwiseyesterday 14:21 · cleared after 5 h 2 min
• M25 reported crash J11–J12 clockwiseyesterday 13:24 · cleared after 1 h 8 min
• M25 crash J27–J28 clockwiseyesterday 12:31 · cleared after 37 min
• M25 crash J13–J12 anticlockwiseyesterday 06:52 · cleared after 2 h 55 min
• M25 stopped traffic J30yesterday 06:49 · cleared after 2 h 8 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M25 J13.

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