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M25 crash J16 anticlockwise

Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J16 on Monday 2 November 2026, from 06:28. Cleared at 18:42 after 12 h 14 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status
Cleared 18:42 on 2 Nov 2026, after 12 h 14 min
Location
M25 anticlockwise · J16
Reported as
Collision
At its worst
Stationary traffic · delay ~23 min
Sources
TomTom ×15 · Motorway signs ×3
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Timeline

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

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