M25 crash J27–J28 clockwise

Crash on the M25 clockwise at J27–J28 on Tuesday 20 October 2026, from 06:02. Still reported at 08:00 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Live since 06:02 (1 h 58 min)

Location

M25 clockwise · J27–J28

Reported as

Collision

Delay

~9 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~35 min

Sources

TomTom ×6 · Motorway signs ×2

Timeline

1. 06:02 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
2. 06:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
3. 06:15 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. 06:20 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
5. 06:56 TomTom no longer reports it
6. 07:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
7. 07:10 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
8. 07:14 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
9. 07:15 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. 07:19 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~6), “Stationary traffic”
11. 07:20 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
12. 07:24 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~12), “Queuing traffic”
13. 07:29 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
14. 07:29 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~15)
15. 07:33 TomTom: delay now ~35 min (was ~22)
16. 07:36 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
17. 07:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~18 min
18. 07:48 TomTom no longer reports it
19. 07:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
20. 07:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J27 and J28).
• Stationary traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise within J30).
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 stopped traffic J207:11 · Live
• M25 stopped traffic J3–J207:07 · Live
• M25 reported crash J4–J3 anticlockwise07:01 · cleared after 43 min
• M25 stopped traffic J9–J1006:30 · Live
• M25 crash J28–J27 anticlockwise06:02 · Live
• M25 reported crash J28–J27 anticlockwise06:02 · cleared after 1 h 12 min
• M25 crash J14–J15 clockwise05:52 · Live
• M25 closed J28–J2703:07 · cleared after 46 min
• M25 delays J5–J6 clockwise02:02 · Live
• M25 closed J26 anticlockwiseyesterday 21:30 · cleared after 7 h 47 min

The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.