M25 crash J15–J16 clockwise

Crash on the M25 clockwise at J15–J16 on Tuesday 3 November 2026, from 20:50. Cleared at 21:58 after 1 h 8 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 21:58 on 3 Nov 2026, after 1 h 8 min

Location

M25 clockwise · J15–J16

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~53 min

Sources

Motorway signs · TomTom

Timeline

1. 20:50 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
2. 21:02 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~53 min
3. 21:06 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
4. 21:19 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~32)
5. 21:24 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. 21:33 TomTom: now says collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident”
7. 21:39 TomTom no longer reports it
8. 21:58 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
9. 21:58 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J15 and J16).
• Queuing traffic, Accident

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 reported crash J15–J16 clockwise20:22 · cleared after 3 h 7 min
• M25 stopped traffic J215:19 · cleared after 3 h 12 min
• M25 stopped traffic J13–J1215:14 · cleared after 3 h 35 min
• M25 crash J16 clockwise13:29 · cleared after 6 h 59 min
• M25 reported crash J25–J26 clockwise11:44 · cleared after 41 min
• M25 crash J26–J27 clockwise06:54 · cleared after 4 h 49 min
• M25 stopped traffic J16–J1506:54 · cleared after 3 h 4 min
• M25 crash J11 anticlockwise06:37 · cleared after 3 h 49 min
• M25 stopped traffic J6–J5 anticlockwise06:18 · cleared after 2 h 37 min
• M25 crash J20–J1906:08 · cleared after 1 h 41 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M25 J15 and M25 J16.

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