M25 crash J28 anticlockwise

Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J28 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 10:52. Cleared at 13:48 after 2 h 56 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 13:48 on 30 Oct 2026, after 2 h 56 min

Location

M25 anticlockwise · J28

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~44 min

Sources

Motorway signs ×3 · TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. Fri 10:52 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
2. Fri 11:23 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
3. Fri 11:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
4. Fri 11:31 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
5. Fri 11:48 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
6. Fri 12:01 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
7. Fri 12:08 TomTom no longer reports it
8. Fri 12:08 All clear: no source reports it any more
9. Fri 12:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
10. Fri 12:16 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
11. Fri 12:23 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. Fri 12:38 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~16), “Stationary traffic”
13. Fri 12:53 TomTom: delay now ~34 min (was ~24)
14. Fri 13:02 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
15. Fri 13:33 TomTom no longer reports it
16. Fri 13:33 All clear: no source reports it any more
17. Fri 13:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
18. Fri 13:38 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
19. Fri 13:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
20. Fri 13:48 TomTom no longer reports it
21. Fri 13:48 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 J28 anti-clockwise exit).
• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 J28 anti-clockwise access).
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (4 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J28 and J29).

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.

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