M25 crash J13–J12 anticlockwise

Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J13–J12 on Friday 25 September 2026, from 10:17. Cleared at 19:38 after 9 h 21 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 19:38 on 25 Sept 2026, after 9 h 21 min

Location

M25 anticlockwise · J13–J12

Reported as

Collision

Sources

TomTom ×13 · Motorway signs ×2

Timeline

1. Fri 10:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
2. Fri 10:21 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
3. Fri 10:26 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. Fri 10:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
5. Fri 10:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
6. Fri 11:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
7. Fri 11:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
8. Fri 11:18 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~5)
9. Fri 11:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. Fri 11:53 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
11. Fri 12:01 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~10 min
12. Fri 12:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
13. Fri 12:32 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
14. Fri 12:36 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
15. Fri 12:54 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
16. Fri 12:58 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17. Fri 13:02 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
18. Fri 13:07 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
19. Fri 13:08 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
20. Fri 13:11 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
21. Fri 13:20 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
22. Fri 13:20 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
23. Fri 13:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min
24. Fri 13:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
25. Fri 13:42 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~10 min (reported again)
26. Fri 13:42 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
27. Fri 13:50 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
28. Fri 13:55 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
29. Fri 13:55 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
30. Fri 13:59 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
31. Fri 14:03 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
32. Fri 14:11 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
33. Fri 14:51 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
34. Fri 15:04 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
35. Fri 15:09 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
36. Fri 15:17 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
37. Fri 15:22 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
38. Fri 15:24 Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN”
39. Fri 15:26 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
40. Fri 16:01 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
41. Fri 16:10 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~15 min
42. Fri 16:11 Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN”
43. Fri 16:40 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
44. Fri 16:44 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
45. Fri 17:19 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
46. Fri 17:24 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
47. Fri 17:28 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
48. Fri 17:32 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
49. Fri 17:37 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
50. Fri 17:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
51. Fri 17:54 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
52. Fri 17:58 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
53. Fri 18:11 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
54. Fri 18:16 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
55. Fri 18:20 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
56. Fri 18:46 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
57. Fri 18:51 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
58. Fri 18:55 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
59. Fri 18:59 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
60. Fri 19:38 TomTom no longer reports it
61. Fri 19:38 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (6 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J13 and J12).
• Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN” (3 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J10 and J11).

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 and M25 J12.

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