M25 crash J27–J28 clockwise

Crash on the M25 clockwise at J27–J28 on Monday 26 October 2026, from 15:10. Cleared at 20:04 after 4 h 54 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.

Status

Cleared 20:04 on 26 Oct 2026, after 4 h 54 min

Location

M25 clockwise · J27–J28

Reported as

Collision

Lanes

2 of 4 lanes closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~1092 min

Sources

TomTom ×13 · Motorway signs ×8 · National Highways

Timeline

1. Mon 15:10 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. Mon 15:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
3. Mon 15:19 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
4. Mon 15:23 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~11)
5. Mon 15:24 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~21 min
6. Mon 15:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min
7. Mon 15:28 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~21), “Slow traffic”
8. Mon 15:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
9. Mon 15:33 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~4), “Stationary traffic”
10. Mon 15:42 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. Mon 15:44 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
12. Mon 15:44 National Highways: 2 of 4 lanes closed
13. Mon 15:56 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
14. Mon 15:56 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~22), “Slow traffic”
15. Mon 16:00 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
16. Mon 16:05 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~12)
17. Mon 16:14 TomTom: delay now ~50 min (was ~22)
18. Mon 16:14 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
19. Mon 16:18 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
20. Mon 16:23 National Highways: lane closure lifted
21. Mon 16:23 TomTom: delay now ~99 min (was ~63)
22. Mon 16:26 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
23. Mon 16:33 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
24. Mon 16:35 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
25. Mon 16:37 TomTom: delay now ~1092 min (was ~92)
26. Mon 16:41 TomTom: delay now ~78 min (was ~1092)
27. Mon 16:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
28. Mon 16:55 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
29. Mon 16:56 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
30. Mon 17:04 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
31. Mon 17:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
32. Mon 17:13 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
33. Mon 17:18 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
34. Mon 17:28 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~12), “Slow traffic”
35. Mon 17:33 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
36. Mon 17:37 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~19), “Queuing traffic”
37. Mon 17:56 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
38. Mon 17:56 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~37 min
39. Mon 18:00 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
40. Mon 18:01 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min
41. Mon 18:03 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
42. Mon 18:04 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~16), “Queuing traffic”
43. Mon 18:13 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
44. Mon 18:26 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
45. Mon 18:34 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
46. Mon 18:44 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
47. Mon 19:04 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
48. Mon 19:22 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~22 min
49. Mon 19:22 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~39), “Queuing traffic”
50. Mon 19:27 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
51. Mon 19:31 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
52. Mon 19:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
53. Mon 19:50 TomTom no longer reports it
54. Mon 20:04 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
55. Mon 20:04 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
56. Mon 20:04 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J26 and J27).
• M25 clockwise between J26 and J27
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J27 and J26).
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J27 and J26).
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (7 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J24 and J23).
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J26 and J25).
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (3 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J27 and J28).
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J27 and J28).
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise within J27 after M11 J6 southbound access).

Other recent incidents on the M25

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• 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 J27 and M25 J28.

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