M25 crash J24–J25 clockwise

Crash on the M25 clockwise at J24–J25 on Wednesday 4 November 2026, from 13:34. Still reported at 16:33 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom, National Highways and the motorway signs.

Status

Live since 13:34 (2 h 59 min)

Location

M25 clockwise · J24–J25

Reported as

Broken-down vehicle

Delay

~18 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~28 min

Sources

TomTom ×4 · National Highways ×3 · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. 13:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
2. 13:39 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
3. 14:15 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. 14:18 National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
5. 14:20 TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
6. 14:24 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~16)
7. 14:33 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
8. 14:43 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
9. 14:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
10. 14:47 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~20)
11. 14:50 National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
12. 14:58 National Highways: lane closure lifted
13. 15:01 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Accident”
14. 15:06 TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~18)
15. 15:10 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
16. 15:24 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
17. 15:30 National Highways: lane closure lifted
18. 15:33 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
19. 15:38 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
20. 15:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
21. 15:52 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
22. 15:56 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
23. 16:01 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
24. 16:15 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~9 min
25. 16:19 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~9)

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic
• M25 clockwise between J24 and J25
• M25 clockwise within J24
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J24 and J25).

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 stopped traffic J14–J1514:35 · Live
• M25 reported crash J29 clockwise09:12 · cleared after 49 min
• M25 stopped traffic J24–J2508:15 · cleared after 1 h 35 min
• M25 crash J10 anticlockwise07:42 · cleared after 4 h 49 min
• M25 stopped traffic J5–J6 clockwise07:01 · cleared after 37 min
• M25 delays J15–J1606:33 · cleared after 2 h 59 min
• M25 stopped traffic J10–J11 clockwise05:49 · cleared after 3 h 53 min
• M25 crash J15–J16 clockwiseyesterday 20:50 · cleared after 1 h 8 min
• M25 reported crash J15–J16 clockwiseyesterday 20:22 · cleared after 3 h 7 min
• M25 stopped traffic J2yesterday 15:19 · cleared after 3 h 12 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M25 J24 and M25 J25.

The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.