M25 crash J18 anticlockwise
Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J18 on Saturday 31 October 2026, from 17:01. Cleared at 19:01 after 2 h. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Cleared 19:01 on 31 Oct 2026, after 2 h
- Location
- M25 anticlockwise · J18
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Delay ~12 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom ×3
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J17 and J16).
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise within J18).
- Stationary traffic
Other recent incidents on the M25
- M25 crash J27–J26 anticlockwise
- M25 crash J25–J26 clockwise
- M25 reported crash J5 clockwise
- M25 crash J5–J6 clockwise
- M25 crash J5–J6 clockwise
- M25 stopped traffic J30
- M25 crash J21A–J22 clockwise
- M25 crash J30–J29 anticlockwise
- M25 reported crash J27 anticlockwise
- M25 stopped traffic J3–J2
Live traffic and past incidents at M25 J18.
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