M25 crash J14–J15 clockwise
Cleared Cleared at 16:48 on 26 Sept 2026, after 75 h 15 min.
Crash on the M25 clockwise at J14–J15 on Wednesday 23 September 2026, from 13:33. Cleared at 16:48 after 75 h 15 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.
M25 clockwise · J14–J15
Collision
Road closed · Wed 13:33–16:48 (cleared after 75 h 15 min) · delay ~47 min · queue 9.4 mi
TomTom ×16 · Motorway signs ×3 · National Highways ×3
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Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~9 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~47 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~33 min
- National Highways: road closed
- Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
- TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~9), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~15), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: road closed
- TomTom: road closed
- TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~22)
- TomTom: road closed
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~2 min
- National Highways: road closed
- TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~14), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~63 min (was ~33)
- TomTom: road closed (reported again)
- TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~37 min (was ~63)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~37)
- TomTom: road closed (reported again)
- TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~21)
- National Highways: road closed
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~8), “Stationary traffic”
- National Highways: road reopened
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~40 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~36 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~2 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~2 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
- TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~30)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~14 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION” (reported again)
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION” (reported again)
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Slow traffic
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J15 and J16).
- M25 anti-clockwise within J16 after M40 J1A northbound exit
- Closed
- M25 clockwise between J15 and J16
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (5 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J14 and J15).
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (6 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J15 and J16).
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This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.