M25 crash J5 anticlockwise
Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J5 on Thursday 29 October 2026, from 16:16. Cleared at 18:42 after 2 h 26 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.
- Status
- Cleared 18:42 on 29 Oct 2026, after 2 h 26 min
- Location
- M25 anticlockwise · J5
- Reported as
- Collision
- Lanes
- 1 of 4 lanes closed
- At its worst
- Delay ~15 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs ×3 · National Highways
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
- TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~8)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Heavy traffic”, delay ~4 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
- Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise within J5).
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J6 and J5).
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J6 and J5).
- Heavy traffic
- M25 anti-clockwise between J6 and J5
Other recent incidents on the M25
- M25 crash J27–J26 anticlockwise
- M25 crash J25–J26 clockwise
- M25 reported crash J5 clockwise
- M25 crash J5–J6 clockwise
- M25 crash J5–J6 clockwise
- M25 stopped traffic J30
- M25 crash J21A–J22 clockwise
- M25 crash J30–J29 anticlockwise
- M25 reported crash J27 anticlockwise
- M25 stopped traffic J3–J2
Live traffic and past incidents at M25 J5.
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