M25 crash J28–J27 anticlockwise

Cleared Cleared at 18:13 on 1 Oct 2026, after 57 min.

Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J28–J27 on Thursday 1 October 2026, from 17:16. Cleared at 18:13 after 57 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

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   M25 anticlockwise · J28–J27

   Collision

   17:16–18:13 (cleared after 57 min) · delay ~5 min · queue 3.8 mi

   Motorway signs · TomTom

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Timeline

1. 17:16 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
2. 17:26 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
3. 17:35 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
4. 17:54 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. 17:55 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
6. 18:03 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
7. 18:13 TomTom no longer reports it
8. 18:13 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J28 and J27).
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 crash J6–J5 anticlockwise · 17:00, still reported
• M25 reported crash J29 clockwise · 12:40, cleared after 43 min
• M25 stopped traffic J15–J16 · 10:47, cleared after 1 h 6 min
• M25 crash J16 anticlockwise · 06:37, cleared after 3 h 29 min
• M25 crash J17–J16 anticlockwise · 06:23, cleared after 2 h 19 min
• M25 stopped traffic J8–J9 · 05:42, cleared after 2 h 14 min
• M25 crash J17–J18 clockwise · 03:07, cleared after 2 h 44 min
• M25 crash J18–J17 anticlockwise · 03:02, cleared after 2 h 49 min
• M25 crash J18–J19 clockwise · yesterday 23:19, cleared after 1 h 31 min
• M25 crash J19–J18 anticlockwise · yesterday 16:04, cleared after 3 h 14 min

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