M25 crash J13–J12 anticlockwise
Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J13–J12 on Thursday 22 October 2026, from 15:27. Cleared at 20:29 after 5 h 3 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Cleared 20:29 on 22 Oct 2026, after 5 h 3 min
- Location
- M25 anticlockwise · J13–J12
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~53 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×4 · Motorway signs ×6
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF DEBRIS”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~16 min
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF DEBRIS”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~53 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~33 min (was ~23)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~34)
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~4), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF DEBRIS” (7 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J10 and J11).
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J13 and J12).
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J12 and J13).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS” (6 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J13 and J12).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF PEDESTRIANS” (4 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J12 and J13).
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J11 and J12).
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- M25 reported crash J8–J7 anticlockwise
- M25 crash J8–J9 clockwise
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- M25 crash J3
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- M25 stopped traffic J6–J5 anticlockwise
The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.