M25 crash J16 clockwise

Crash on the M25 clockwise at J16 on Wednesday 14 October 2026, from 22:40. Cleared at 23:41 after 1 h 1 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 23:41 on 14 Oct 2026, after 1 h 1 min

Location

M25 clockwise · J16

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~56 min

Sources

Motorway signs · TomTom

Timeline

1. yesterday 22:40 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
2. yesterday 23:17 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~56 min
3. yesterday 23:26 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~50), “Queuing traffic, Incident”
4. yesterday 23:31 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Incident”
5. yesterday 23:36 TomTom no longer reports it
6. yesterday 23:41 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
7. yesterday 23:41 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 clockwise within J16 after M40 J1A southbound exit).
• Slow traffic, Incident

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 stopped traffic J8–J7yesterday 16:58 · cleared after 2 h 17 min
• M25 stopped traffic J15–J16 clockwiseyesterday 14:27 · cleared after 5 h 2 min
• M25 stopped traffic J2yesterday 06:51 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
• M25 stopped traffic J10–J11yesterday 06:42 · cleared after 3 h 49 min
• M25 delays J16yesterday 06:36 · cleared after 7 h
• M25 stopped traffic J12–J13 clockwiseyesterday 06:20 · cleared after 2 h 49 min
• M25 delays J5–J6yesterday 06:14 · cleared after 2 h 8 min
• M25 closed J10–J9yesterday 00:48 · cleared after 19 min
• M25 crash M25 northboundTue 20:25 · cleared after 2 h 40 min
• M25 stopped traffic J18–J19Tue 15:53 · cleared after 3 h 13 min

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