M25 crash J5–J6 anticlockwise

Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J5–J6 on Sunday 27 September 2026, from 19:02. Cleared at 16:39 after 285 h 37 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 16:39 on 9 Oct 2026, after 285 h 37 min

Location

M25 anticlockwise · J5–J6

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Delay ~18 min

Sources

Motorway signs ×3 · TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. Sun 18:52 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
2. Sun 18:52 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
3. Sun 19:20 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~13 min
4. Sun 19:24 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~13)
5. Sun 19:35 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
6. Sun 20:06 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Incident”
7. Sun 20:15 TomTom no longer reports it
8. Sun 20:32 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
9. Mon 00:53 Motorway signs: still reported after more than 6 hours, so treated as out of date
10. Mon 01:03 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
11. Mon 01:03 All clear: no source reports it any more
12. Wed 12:17 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE” (reported again)
13. Wed 12:17 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (reported again)
14. Wed 12:25 TomTom: collision, “Queuing traffic, Accident”, delay ~7 min
15. Wed 12:30 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
16. Wed 12:43 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
17. Wed 12:53 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Accident”
18. Wed 12:57 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
19. Wed 13:11 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Accident”
20. Wed 13:15 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
21. Wed 13:20 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Accident”
22. Wed 13:25 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
23. Wed 13:29 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Accident”
24. Wed 13:43 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
25. Wed 13:52 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”
26. Wed 13:57 TomTom no longer reports it
27. Wed 14:17 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
28. Wed 14:17 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
29. Wed 14:17 All clear: no source reports it any more
30. Fri 16:09 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE” (reported again)
31. Fri 16:09 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (reported again)
32. Fri 16:39 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
33. Fri 16:39 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
34. Fri 16:39 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J6 and J5).
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J6 and J5).
• Queuing traffic, Incident
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 clockwise at the Clacket Lane services slip road between J5 and J6).
• Queuing traffic

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Live traffic and past incidents at M25 J5 and M25 J6.

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