M25 crash J27–J26 anticlockwise
Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J27–J26 on Friday 6 November 2026, from 13:07. Still reported at 15:05 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.
- Status
- Live since 13:07 (1 h 57 min)
- Location
- M25 anticlockwise · J27–J26
- Reported as
- Collision
- Lanes
- 1 of 4 lanes closed
- Delay
- ~28 min
- At its worst
- Road closed · stationary traffic · delay ~82 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×5 · Motorway signs ×3 · National Highways ×2
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
- TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~8)
- TomTom: delay now ~24 min (was ~13)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min
- TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~46 min (was ~24), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed
- TomTom: delay now ~66 min (was ~46)
- TomTom: road closed
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~43 min (was ~66), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~81 min
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~56 min (was ~82), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed (was 2)
- TomTom: delay now ~48 min (was ~69)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
- TomTom: now says broken-down vehicle, “traffic, Broken down vehicle”
Source reports
- Stationary traffic
- Stationary traffic, Broken down vehicle
- Closed
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J27 and J26).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (4 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J26 and J27).
- M25 anti-clockwise between J27 and J26
- Stationary traffic, Accident
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J26 and J27).
Other recent incidents on the M25
- M25 crash J15–J16 clockwise
- M25 stopped traffic J2
- M25 crash J5 anticlockwise
- M25 stopped traffic J19–J18 anticlockwise
- M25 crash J26–J27 clockwise
- M25 crash J13–J12 anticlockwise
- M25 crash J26–J27 clockwise
- M25 crash J27–J28 clockwise
- M25 stopped traffic J16–J17 clockwise
- M25 stopped traffic J19–J18
Live traffic and past incidents at M25 J27 and M25 J26.
The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.