M25 crash J10–J9 anticlockwise
Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J10–J9 on Thursday 15 October 2026, from 11:36. Cleared at 20:47 after 9 h 11 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Cleared 20:47 on 15 Oct 2026, after 9 h 11 min
- Location
- M25 anticlockwise · J10–J9
- Reported as
- Collision
- Lanes
- Road closed
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~64 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs ×3 · TomTom ×7
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~11 min
- TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~11)
- TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~18)
- TomTom: delay now ~34 min (was ~25)
- TomTom: collision, “Accident, Lane closed”
- TomTom: road closed
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~28 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~64 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~42 min (was ~64), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~32 min
- TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~40)
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~14)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~10 min (reported again)
- TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~10)
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~21)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic, Accident”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (3 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J10 and J9).
- Stationary traffic, Accident
- Accident, Lane closed
- Closed
- Slow traffic
- Slow traffic, Accident
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (10 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J11 and J12).
- Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 J11 clockwise exit).
Other recent incidents on the M25
- M25 closed J21A–J22 anticlockwise
- M25 stopped traffic J16–J15
- M25 stopped traffic J20–J19 anticlockwise
- M25 stopped traffic J3–J2
- M25 delays J5–J6
- M25 crash J16 clockwise
- M25 stopped traffic J8–J7
- M25 stopped traffic J15–J16 clockwise
- M25 stopped traffic J2
- M25 stopped traffic J10–J11
The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.