M25 crash J8–J7 anticlockwise
Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J8–J7 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 12:34. Cleared at 16:00 after 3 h 26 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Cleared 16:00 on 30 Oct 2026, after 3 h 26 min
- Location
- M25 anticlockwise · J8–J7
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~136 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×7 · Motorway signs ×2
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF DEBRIS”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF DEBRIS”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~20 min
- TomTom: delay now ~33 min (was ~22)
- TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~48 min (was ~33), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: delay now ~70 min (was ~48)
- TomTom: delay now ~101 min (was ~70)
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~128 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~106 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom: delay now ~64 min (was ~106)
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~58 min
- TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~62)
- TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~35)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~19 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF DEBRIS” (7 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J8 and J7).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (7 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J8 and J7).
- Slow traffic
- Queuing traffic
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 J8 and M25 J7.
The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.