M25 crash J26–J25 anticlockwise
Live Still reported at 19:01 UK time, since 15:02 (3 h 59 min).
Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J26–J25 on Friday 2 October 2026, from 15:02. Still reported at 19:01 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom, National Highways and the motorway signs.
M25 anticlockwise · J26–J25
Collision
since 15:02 (3 h 59 min) · delay ~26 min · queue 7.7 mi
TomTom ×4 · National Highways ×2 · Motorway signs
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Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~14), “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~20)
- TomTom: delay now ~34 min (was ~12), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~26)
- TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~13)
- TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~29)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~15 min
- TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~20)
- National Highways: road closed
- TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~14)
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~17 min
- TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~17)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~53 min (was ~40)
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION [HCA0]”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~87 min (was ~61)
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- National Highways: road closed
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~118 min
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION [HCA0]”
- TomTom: delay now ~91 min (was ~156)
- TomTom: delay now ~57 min (was ~95)
- TomTom: delay now ~33 min (was ~57)
- National Highways: road reopened
What the sources said
- Slow traffic
- Stationary traffic
- M25 anti-clockwise between J26 and J25
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION [HCA0]” (3 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J26 and J25).
- M25 J25 anti-clockwise exit
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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.