M25 crash J24–J25 clockwise
Crash on the M25 clockwise at J24–J25 on Thursday 22 October 2026, from 14:35. Cleared at 19:59 after 5 h 24 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.
- Status
- Cleared 19:59 on 22 Oct 2026, after 5 h 24 min
- Location
- M25 clockwise · J24–J25
- Reported as
- Collision
- Lanes
- 1 of 2 lanes closed
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~36 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×12 · Motorway signs ×4 · National Highways
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- National Highways: 1 of 2 lanes closed
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- TomTom: now says collision, “Slow traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~12), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~19), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~30 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~26)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
- TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~10)
- TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~15)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~25 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~21 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~18 min
- TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~10), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~29)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~10 min
- TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~10)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~28 min (reported again)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~20 min
- TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~29), “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~19 min
- TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~20), “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~36 min (was ~9), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~11 min
- TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~20)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 clockwise within J25).
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J24 and J25).
- Queuing traffic
- M25 J25 clockwise exit
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J25 and J24).
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise within J24).
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
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