M25 crash J6–J5 anticlockwise
Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J6–J5 on Friday 23 October 2026, from 08:43. Still reported at 10:09 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.
- Status
- Live since 08:43 (1 h 26 min)
- Location
- M25 anticlockwise · J6–J5
- Reported as
- Collision
- Lanes
- Road closed
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~209 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs ×3 · National Highways ×10
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- National Highways: 3 of 4 lanes closed
- National Highways: 3 of 4 lanes closed
- Motorway signs: “INCIDENT”
- National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
- National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
- National Highways: 1 of 3 lanes closed
- National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~22 min
- TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~22)
- TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~43 min (was ~32), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: delay now ~63 min (was ~43)
- TomTom: delay now ~98 min (was ~63)
- TomTom: delay now ~175 min (was ~116)
- TomTom: road closed
- TomTom: collision, “Accident”
Source reports
- Stationary traffic, Accident
- Overhead signs read “INCIDENT” (6 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J5 and J6).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (15 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J6 and J5).
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (4 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J5 and J6).
- M25 clockwise between J5 and J6
- M25 clockwise at the Clacket Lane services slip road between J5 and J6
- Closed
- Accident
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