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M25 crash J3–J2 anticlockwise

Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J3–J2 on Thursday 29 October 2026, from 10:58. Cleared at 19:32 after 8 h 34 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status
Cleared 19:32 on 29 Oct 2026, after 8 h 34 min
Location
M25 anticlockwise · J3–J2
Reported as
Collision
At its worst
Stationary traffic · delay ~53 min
Sources
TomTom ×4 · Motorway signs
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Timeline

  1. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
  2. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  3. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  4. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  5. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  6. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  7. TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~10), “Stationary traffic”
  8. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  9. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  10. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  11. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  12. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  13. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
  14. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  15. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  16. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  17. TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~17)
  18. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min (reported again)
  19. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  20. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  21. TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~20)
  22. TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
  23. Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
  24. Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
  25. TomTom: delay now ~53 min (was ~40)
  26. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
  27. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  28. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  29. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
  30. TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
  31. TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
  32. TomTom no longer reports it
  33. All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

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