M25 crash J16–J15 anticlockwise
Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J16–J15 on Thursday 12 November 2026, from 12:58. Still reported at 15:54 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Live since 12:58 (2 h 57 min)
- Location
- M25 anticlockwise · J16–J15
- Reported as
- Incident
- Delay
- ~27 min
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~52 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×5 · Motorway signs
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
- Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~18 min
- TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~10)
- TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~33 min (was ~18), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
- TomTom: delay now ~52 min (was ~33)
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~47)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~32)
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~18), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~3), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
Source reports
- Slow traffic
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J16 and J15).
Other recent incidents on the M25
- M25 stopped traffic J3 clockwise
- M25 crash J28–J27 anticlockwise
- M25 closed J17–J16 anticlockwise
- M25 crash J7 clockwise
- M25 crash J7 anticlockwise
- M25 stopped traffic J3
- M25 stopped traffic J12–J13 clockwise
- M25 reported crash J5 clockwise
- M25 crash J27 anticlockwise
- M25 stopped traffic J13–J12 anticlockwise
Live traffic and past incidents at M25 J16 and M25 J15.
The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.