M25 crash J22–J23 clockwise

Crash on the M25 clockwise at J22–J23 on Friday 16 October 2026, from 02:24. Cleared at 07:20 after 4 h 56 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 07:20 on 16 Oct 2026, after 4 h 56 min

Location

M25 clockwise · J22–J23

Reported as

Collision

Lanes

Road closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~44 min

Sources

TomTom ×8 · Motorway signs ×5

Timeline

1. 02:24 Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
2. 02:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
3. 02:38 TomTom no longer reports it
4. 02:38 All clear: no source reports it any more
5. 02:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
6. 02:51 TomTom no longer reports it
7. 02:56 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
8. 03:14 TomTom no longer reports it
9. 03:32 TomTom: road closed
10. 05:04 TomTom: road closed
11. 05:32 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
12. 05:36 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~14), “Slow traffic”
13. 05:50 Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
14. 05:55 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~29 min
15. 05:56 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
16. 06:04 TomTom no longer reports it
17. 06:08 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
18. 06:13 TomTom no longer reports it
19. 06:20 Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
20. 06:36 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
21. 06:40 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~10)
22. 06:45 TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~44 min (was ~17), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
23. 06:54 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~42)
24. 07:03 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~12), “Slow traffic, Accident”
25. 07:12 TomTom no longer reports it
26. 07:20 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
27. 07:20 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (10 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J22 and J21A).
• Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J21A and J22).
• Closed
• Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (7 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J22 and J21A).
• Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (5 signs; furthest along: M25 J22 clockwise exit).
• Stationary traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (4 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J22 and J23).
• Slow traffic, Accident

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• M25 stopped traffic J16–J15yesterday 22:48 · cleared after 56 min
• M25 stopped traffic J20–J19 anticlockwiseyesterday 15:48 · cleared after 2 h 52 min
• M25 stopped traffic J3–J2yesterday 14:05 · cleared after 4 h 27 min
• M25 crash J10–J9 anticlockwiseyesterday 11:36 · cleared after 9 h 11 min
• M25 delays J5–J6yesterday 06:15 · cleared after 3 h 22 min
• M25 crash J16 clockwiseWed 22:40 · cleared after 1 h 1 min

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