M25 crash J6–J5 anticlockwise
Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J6–J5 on Tuesday 27 October 2026, from 08:45. Cleared at 14:46 after 6 h. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Cleared 14:46 on 27 Oct 2026, after 6 h
- Location
- M25 anticlockwise · J6–J5
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~26 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs · TomTom ×4
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~23 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~26 min
- TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~26)
- TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~16), “Queuing traffic, Incident”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs: still reported after more than 6 hours, so treated as out of date
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J6 and J5).
- Stationary traffic
- Slow traffic
- Queuing traffic, Incident
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 J6 and M25 J5.
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