M25 crash J16–J15 anticlockwise
Live Still reported at 15:08 UK time, since 12:34 (2 h 34 min).
Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J16–J15 on Friday 9 October 2026, from 12:34. Still reported at 15:08 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M25 anticlockwise · J16–J15
Collision
since 12:34 (2 h 34 min) · delay ~22 min · queue 10.0 mi
TomTom ×7 · Motorway signs
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Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~9), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~14)
- TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: delay now ~40 min (was ~24)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~52 min
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~38 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~18 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~17 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~21 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
- TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~15)
What the sources said
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (4 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J16 and J15).
- Queuing traffic
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This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.