M25 crash J3 clockwise

Cleared Cleared at 17:43 on 4 Oct 2026, after 1 h 51 min.

Crash on the M25 clockwise at J3 on Sunday 4 October 2026, from 15:52. Cleared at 17:43 after 1 h 51 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

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   M25 clockwise · J3

   Collision

   Road closed · 15:52–17:43 (cleared after 1 h 51 min) · delay ~37 min · queue 4.8 mi

   TomTom ×5 · Motorway signs

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Timeline

1. 15:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
2. 15:57 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
3. 16:01 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~29 min
4. 16:06 TomTom: road closed
5. 16:10 TomTom: delay now ~37 min (was ~27)
6. 16:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~76 min
7. 16:33 TomTom: delay now ~52 min (was ~76)
8. 16:38 TomTom no longer reports it
9. 16:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~26 min (reported again)
10. 16:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min (reported again)
11. 16:49 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
12. 17:15 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13. 17:24 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
14. 17:34 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15. 17:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
16. 17:43 TomTom no longer reports it
17. 17:43 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic, Incident
• Closed
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 clockwise within J3 before A20 roundabout access).
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 crash J16–J17 clockwise · 11:58, still reported
• M25 crash J3–J2 anticlockwise · 11:12, cleared after 2 h 57 min
• M25 crash J4–J3 anticlockwise · 08:18, cleared after 57 min
• M25 crash J22–J21A anticlockwise · 02:23, cleared after 2 h 51 min
• M25 reported crash J20 clockwise · 02:15, cleared after 1 h 59 min
• M25 crash J6–J5 anticlockwise · yesterday 10:00, cleared after 2 h 40 min
• M25 crash J21A–J22 clockwise · Fri 23:26, cleared after 1 h 38 min
• M25 reported crash J21A–J22 clockwise · Fri 23:15, cleared after 50 min
• M25 crash J26–J25 anticlockwise · Fri 15:02, cleared after 4 h 42 min
• M25 reported crash J4–J3 anticlockwise · Fri 14:33, cleared after 59 min

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This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.