M25 crash J28–J27 anticlockwise

Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J28–J27 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 06:52. Cleared at 10:51 after 4 h. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 10:51 on 30 Oct 2026, after 4 h

Location

M25 anticlockwise · J28–J27

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~36 min

Sources

TomTom ×10 · Motorway signs ×3

Timeline

1. Fri 06:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Fri 06:56 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
3. Fri 07:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
4. Fri 07:21 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~11)
5. Fri 07:21 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min
6. Fri 07:23 Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
7. Fri 07:26 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
8. Fri 07:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~11 min
9. Fri 07:36 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. Fri 07:41 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~6)
11. Fri 07:51 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~16)
12. Fri 07:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
13. Fri 07:56 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~11)
14. Fri 08:01 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~7 min
15. Fri 08:06 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
16. Fri 08:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
17. Fri 08:15 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
18. Fri 08:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
19. Fri 08:21 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
20. Fri 08:26 TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident”, delay ~6 min
21. Fri 08:30 Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD”
22. Fri 08:31 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Accident”
23. Fri 08:36 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~8)
24. Fri 08:41 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~15)
25. Fri 08:46 TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~20)
26. Fri 08:51 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
27. Fri 09:01 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
28. Fri 09:07 TomTom no longer reports it
29. Fri 09:07 All clear: no source reports it any more
30. Fri 09:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
31. Fri 09:17 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~6), “Stationary traffic”
32. Fri 09:21 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~22), “Queuing traffic”
33. Fri 09:27 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
34. Fri 09:51 Motorway signs: “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
35. Fri 10:02 TomTom no longer reports it
36. Fri 10:51 Motorway signs no longer show “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
37. Fri 10:51 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION ON SLIP ROAD” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise within J26).
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J28 and J27).
• Overhead signs read “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J28 and J27).

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 J28 and M25 J27.

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