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M25 crash J17

Crash on the M25 at J17 on Tuesday 27 October 2026, from 11:24. Cleared at 19:49 after 8 h 25 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status
Cleared 19:49 on 27 Oct 2026, after 8 h 25 min
Location
M25 J17
Reported as
Queueing traffic
At its worst
Stationary traffic · delay ~64 min
Sources
TomTom ×13
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Timeline

  1. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~24 min
  2. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~30 min
  3. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~13 min
  4. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~23 min (reported again)
  5. TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~23)
  6. TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~23 min (was ~16), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
  7. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min
  8. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  9. TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~23)
  10. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  11. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  12. TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
  13. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~40 min
  14. TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~31)
  15. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~10 min
  16. TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~10)
  17. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
  18. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  19. TomTom no longer reports it
  20. All clear: no source reports it any more
  21. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
  22. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
  23. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
  24. TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~10)
  25. TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~4)
  26. TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~7)
  27. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  28. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  29. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  30. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  31. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~28 min
  32. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
  33. TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~3), “Queuing traffic”
  34. TomTom no longer reports it
  35. All clear: no source reports it any more
  36. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~26 min (reported again)
  37. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  38. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  39. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  40. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  41. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~15 min
  42. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  43. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~17 min (reported again)
  44. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~19 min (reported again)
  45. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  46. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  47. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  48. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  49. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  50. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~10 min (reported again)
  51. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  52. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
  53. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
  54. TomTom no longer reports it
  55. All clear: no source reports it any more

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