M25 crash J2 anticlockwise
Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J2 on Thursday 22 October 2026, from 11:10. Cleared at 19:16 after 8 h 6 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Cleared 19:16 on 22 Oct 2026, after 8 h 6 min
- Location
- M25 anticlockwise · J2
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~34 min
- Sources
- TomTom · Motorway signs ×2
Timeline
- TomTom: broken-down vehicle, “Stationary traffic, Broken down vehicle”, delay ~30 min
- TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~30)
- TomTom: delay now ~27 min (was ~18)
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~13 min (was ~22), “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~14), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~9), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~8), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~19)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~13), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~27 min (was ~19)
- TomTom: delay now ~34 min (was ~23)
- TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~34)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J3 and J2).
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 J2 anti-clockwise exit).
Other recent incidents on the M25
- M25 delays J15–J16
- M25 stopped traffic J25–J26 clockwise
- M25 crash J8 anticlockwise
- M25 crash J16–J17 clockwise
- M25 reported crash J8–J7 anticlockwise
- M25 crash J8–J9 clockwise
- M25 crash J30–J29 anticlockwise
- M25 crash J3
- M25 crash J8–J9 clockwise
- M25 stopped traffic J6–J5 anticlockwise
The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.