M25 crash J2–J3 clockwise
Cleared Cleared at 19:06 on 7 Oct 2026, after 6 h 26 min.
Crash on the M25 clockwise at J2–J3 on Wednesday 7 October 2026, from 12:40. Cleared at 19:06 after 6 h 26 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
M25 clockwise · J2–J3
Collision
yesterday 12:40–yesterday 19:06 (cleared after 6 h 26 min) · delay ~16 min · queue 5.0 mi
Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom ×4
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min
- TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~16)
- TomTom: delay now ~34 min (was ~25)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: delay now ~58 min (was ~44)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~87 min (was ~58)
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: delay now ~56 min (was ~87)
- TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~47)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~14)
- TomTom: delay now ~51 min (was ~34)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~33 min (was ~25)
- TomTom: delay now ~38 min (was ~27)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J2 and J3).
- Stationary traffic
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J2 and J3).
- Slow traffic
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About this page
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.