M25 crash J28 anticlockwise
Cleared Cleared at 17:24 on 5 Oct 2026, after 2 h 17 min.
Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J28 on Monday 5 October 2026, from 15:07. Cleared at 17:24 after 2 h 17 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
M25 anticlockwise · J28
Collision
yesterday 15:07–yesterday 17:24 (cleared after 2 h 17 min) · delay ~6 min · queue 3.9 mi
Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom ×2
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J27 and J28).
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (5 signs; furthest along: M25 J28 anti-clockwise access).
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- M25 crash J22–J21A anticlockwise
- M25 reported crash J20 clockwise
- M25 crash J6–J5 anticlockwise
- M25 crash J21A–J22 clockwise
- M25 reported crash J21A–J22 clockwise
- M25 crash J26–J25 anticlockwise
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