M25 crash J9–J8 anticlockwise

Cleared Cleared at 17:40 on 8 Oct 2026, after 1 h 28 min.

Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J9–J8 on Thursday 8 October 2026, from 16:11. Cleared at 17:40 after 1 h 28 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

1. !

   M25 anticlockwise · J9–J8

   Collision

   16:11–17:40 (cleared after 1 h 28 min) · delay ~4 min · queue 5.3 mi

   Motorway signs · TomTom

See the M25 on the live map M25 traffic now

Timeline

1. 16:11 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
2. 17:03 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
3. 17:07 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. 17:21 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
5. 17:26 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
6. 17:40 TomTom no longer reports it
7. 17:40 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (12 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J9 and J8).
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 crash J25–J24 anticlockwise · 14:16, cleared after 40 min
• M25 reported crash J8–J7 anticlockwise · yesterday 23:32, cleared after 49 min
• M25 crash J8 anticlockwise · yesterday 22:09, cleared after 42 min
• M25 crash J8–J7 anticlockwise · yesterday 20:06, cleared after 44 min
• M25 crash J7 anticlockwise · yesterday 19:59, cleared after 51 min
• M25 crash J7 clockwise · yesterday 19:56, cleared after 1 h 25 min
• M25 crash J27–J28 clockwise · yesterday 17:57, cleared after 2 h 23 min
• M25 crash J2–J3 clockwise · yesterday 12:40, cleared after 6 h 26 min
• M25 crash J17–J16 anticlockwise · yesterday 11:47, cleared after 5 h 20 min
• M25 crash J13 clockwise · Tue 16:24, cleared after 3 h 9 min

About this page

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.