M25 crash J18 anticlockwise

Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J18 on Tuesday 10 November 2026, from 06:04. Still reported at 09:51 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Live since 06:04 (3 h 47 min)

Location

M25 anticlockwise · J18

Reported as

Collision

Delay

~6 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~22 min

Sources

TomTom ×5 · Motorway signs ×2

Timeline

1. 06:04 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
2. 06:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
3. 06:39 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
4. 06:43 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~6)
5. 07:02 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. 07:07 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
7. 07:11 TomTom: now says obstruction or hazard, “traffic, Obstruction on the road”
8. 07:15 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”
9. 07:20 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~16), “Stationary traffic”
10. 07:24 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. 07:56 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~19 min
12. 07:56 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~15 min
13. 08:15 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
14. 08:16 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~15), “Stationary traffic”
15. 08:24 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
16. 08:47 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
17. 09:08 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
18. 09:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (7 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise within J16 after M40 J1A northbound exit).
• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise within J18).

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 crash J13–J12 anticlockwise06:52 · cleared after 2 h 55 min
• M25 stopped traffic J3006:49 · cleared after 2 h 8 min
• M25 stopped traffic J10–J11 clockwise06:40 · Live
• M25 crash J16–J17 clockwise06:20 · Live
• M25 crash J24–J25 clockwise03:51 · cleared after 1 h 46 min
• M25 crash J7–J8 clockwiseyesterday 21:59 · Live
• M25 reported crash J27–J28 clockwiseyesterday 18:33 · cleared after 31 min
• M25 stopped traffic J6–J5 anticlockwiseyesterday 17:24 · cleared after 1 h 9 min
• M25 crash J11–J12 clockwiseyesterday 16:24 · cleared after 2 h 14 min
• M25 crash J29–J30 clockwiseyesterday 14:34 · cleared after 3 h 5 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M25 J18.

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