M25 crash J8–J9 clockwise
Live Still reported at 09:28 UK time, since 07:16 (2 h 12 min).
Crash on the M25 clockwise at J8–J9 on Tuesday 6 October 2026, from 07:16. Still reported at 09:28 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M25 clockwise · J8–J9
Collision
since 07:16 (2 h 12 min) · delay ~9 min · queue 5.4 mi
TomTom ×10 · Motorway signs ×3
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Timeline
- Motorway signs: “ANIMALS IN ROAD - SLOW”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: now says obstruction or hazard, “Queuing traffic, Animals on the road”
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident, Animals on the road”, delay ~20 min
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Animals on the road”
- TomTom: delay now ~46 min (was ~20)
- TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~14)
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: now says obstruction or hazard, delay now ~86 min (was ~46), “Stationary traffic, Animals on the road”
- TomTom: delay now ~30 min (was ~22)
- TomTom: delay now ~137 min (was ~86)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~79 min
- TomTom: now says collision, “Incident, Animals on the road”
- TomTom: road closed
- TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Stationary traffic, Animals on the road”, delay ~68 min
- TomTom: delay now ~102 min (was ~68)
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~154 min (was ~102), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~136 min
- TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Stationary traffic, Animals on the road”, delay ~162 min
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~53 min (was ~122)
- Motorway signs no longer show “ANIMALS IN ROAD - SLOW”
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~41)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~11 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~28)
- TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~13)
- TomTom: delay now ~56 min (was ~93)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~20 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~18), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
What the sources said
- Stationary traffic, Animals on the road
- Overhead signs read “ANIMALS IN ROAD - SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J9 and J10).
- Overhead signs read “ANIMALS IN ROAD - SLOW” (4 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J9 and J8).
- Stationary traffic
- Closed
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J8 and J9).
- Queuing traffic
- Slow traffic
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This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.