M25 crash J9–J8 anticlockwise

Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J9–J8 on Saturday 31 October 2026, from 09:37. Cleared at 12:13 after 2 h 36 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

Status

Cleared 12:13 on 31 Oct 2026, after 2 h 36 min

Location

M25 anticlockwise · J9–J8

Reported as

Collision

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~57 min

Sources

Motorway signs ×3 · TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. Sat 09:15 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
2. Sat 09:38 TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~24 min
3. Sat 09:43 TomTom: delay now ~57 min (was ~24)
4. Sat 09:53 TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~51)
5. Sat 10:22 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
6. Sat 10:28 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
7. Sat 10:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min (reported again)
8. Sat 10:43 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~15)
9. Sat 10:48 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~17), “Queuing traffic, Accident”
10. Sat 10:48 TomTom: delay now ~41 min (was ~20)
11. Sat 10:53 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Accident”
12. Sat 10:54 Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
13. Sat 10:56 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
14. Sat 11:03 TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~51)
15. Sat 11:08 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Accident”
16. Sat 11:13 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Incident”
17. Sat 11:18 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
18. Sat 11:38 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
19. Sat 11:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
20. Sat 11:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
21. Sat 11:58 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
22. Sat 12:08 Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
23. Sat 12:13 TomTom no longer reports it
24. Sat 12:13 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J9 and J8).
• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J9 and J8).
• Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J8 and J9).

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 crash J27–J26 anticlockwiseyesterday 19:13 · cleared after 1 h 9 min
• M25 crash J25–J26 clockwiseyesterday 19:12 · cleared after 1 h 9 min
• M25 reported crash J5 clockwiseyesterday 18:40 · cleared after 42 min
• M25 crash J5–J6 clockwiseyesterday 17:35 · cleared after 1 h 16 min
• M25 crash J5–J6 clockwiseyesterday 17:25 · cleared after 1 h 26 min
• M25 stopped traffic J30yesterday 17:06 · cleared after 1 h 4 min
• M25 crash J21A–J22 clockwiseyesterday 16:40 · cleared after 52 min
• M25 crash J30–J29 anticlockwiseyesterday 09:43 · cleared after 1 h 36 min
• M25 reported crash J27 anticlockwiseyesterday 08:38 · cleared after 41 min
• M25 stopped traffic J3–J2yesterday 07:02 · cleared after 5 h 16 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M25 J9 and M25 J8.

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