M25 crash J25–J24 anticlockwise

Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J25–J24 on Monday 26 October 2026, from 13:56. Cleared at 19:34 after 5 h 38 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs, TomTom and National Highways.

Status

Cleared 19:34 on 26 Oct 2026, after 5 h 38 min

Location

M25 anticlockwise · J25–J24

Reported as

Collision

Lanes

2 of 4 lanes closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~64 min

Sources

Motorway signs ×5 · TomTom ×15 · National Highways ×3

Timeline

1. Mon 13:56 Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
2. Mon 13:58 Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
3. Mon 13:58 National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed
4. Mon 14:06 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~11 min
5. Mon 14:10 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min
6. Mon 14:10 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~11)
7. Mon 14:19 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~8), “Queuing traffic”
8. Mon 14:25 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
9. Mon 14:33 TomTom: delay now ~36 min (was ~27)
10. Mon 14:56 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
11. Mon 15:03 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
12. Mon 15:43 National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
13. Mon 15:49 National Highways: lane closure lifted
14. Mon 16:03 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
15. Mon 16:23 National Highways: lane closure lifted
16. Mon 16:23 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
17. Mon 16:28 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
18. Mon 16:33 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
19. Mon 16:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~12 min
20. Mon 16:37 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~23)
21. Mon 16:41 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
22. Mon 16:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
23. Mon 16:41 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
24. Mon 16:50 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
25. Mon 16:53 Motorway signs: “PEDESTRIANS IN ROAD-SLOW”
26. Mon 17:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
27. Mon 17:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
28. Mon 17:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
29. Mon 17:04 TomTom: delay now ~54 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic”
30. Mon 17:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
31. Mon 17:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
32. Mon 17:13 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~8), “Queuing traffic”
33. Mon 17:13 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~3)
34. Mon 17:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
35. Mon 17:18 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~11 min
36. Mon 17:18 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
37. Mon 17:23 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~11)
38. Mon 17:23 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
39. Mon 17:23 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~41)
40. Mon 17:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
41. Mon 17:28 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
42. Mon 17:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
43. Mon 17:32 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
44. Mon 17:32 TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~14)
45. Mon 17:33 Motorway signs no longer show “PEDESTRIANS IN ROAD-SLOW”
46. Mon 17:37 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
47. Mon 17:37 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
48. Mon 17:43 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
49. Mon 17:43 National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
50. Mon 17:46 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
51. Mon 17:55 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
52. Mon 18:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~10 min
53. Mon 18:32 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
54. Mon 18:55 National Highways: lane closure lifted
55. Mon 19:04 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
56. Mon 19:08 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
57. Mon 19:13 TomTom no longer reports it
58. Mon 19:34 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
59. Mon 19:34 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J25 and J24).
• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic
• M25 anti-clockwise between J25 and J24
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J26 and J25).
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (3 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J25 and J24).
• Stationary traffic
• Overhead signs read “PEDESTRIANS IN ROAD-SLOW” (8 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J22 and J21A).
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J23 and J24).
• M25 clockwise between J23 and J24

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 crash J27–J26 anticlockwiseyesterday 19:13 · cleared after 1 h 9 min
• M25 crash J25–J26 clockwiseyesterday 19:12 · cleared after 1 h 9 min
• M25 reported crash J5 clockwiseyesterday 18:40 · cleared after 42 min
• M25 crash J5–J6 clockwiseyesterday 17:35 · cleared after 1 h 16 min
• M25 crash J5–J6 clockwiseyesterday 17:25 · cleared after 1 h 26 min
• M25 stopped traffic J30yesterday 17:06 · cleared after 1 h 4 min
• M25 crash J21A–J22 clockwiseyesterday 16:40 · cleared after 52 min
• M25 crash J30–J29 anticlockwiseyesterday 09:43 · cleared after 1 h 36 min
• M25 reported crash J27 anticlockwiseyesterday 08:38 · cleared after 41 min
• M25 stopped traffic J3–J2yesterday 07:02 · cleared after 5 h 16 min

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

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