M25 crash J3–J2 anticlockwise

Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J3–J2 on Monday 26 October 2026, from 09:27. Cleared at 18:37 after 9 h 10 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 18:37 on 26 Oct 2026, after 9 h 10 min

Location

M25 anticlockwise · J3–J2

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~64 min

Sources

TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs ×3

Timeline

1. Mon 09:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~17 min
2. Mon 10:06 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
3. Mon 10:08 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. Mon 10:22 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
5. Mon 10:54 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
6. Mon 10:54 TomTom: delay now ~42 min (was ~28)
7. Mon 11:02 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
8. Mon 11:03 TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~51)
9. Mon 11:08 TomTom: delay now ~52 min (was ~31)
10. Mon 11:32 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
11. Mon 12:15 Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
12. Mon 12:26 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
13. Mon 12:30 TomTom: delay now ~57 min (was ~43)
14. Mon 12:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
15. Mon 13:02 Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
16. Mon 13:07 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~40 min
17. Mon 13:25 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
18. Mon 18:24 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
19. Mon 18:33 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
20. Mon 18:37 TomTom no longer reports it
21. Mon 18:37 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic, Lane closed
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J3 and J2).
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (3 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J3 and J2).
• Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J2 and J3).
• Slow traffic
• Slow traffic, Lane closed

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 J3 and M25 J2.

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