M25 delays J15–J16

Long delays on the M25 at J15–J16 on Tuesday 27 October 2026, from 14:18. Cleared at 16:09 after 1 h 51 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 16:09 on 27 Oct 2026, after 1 h 51 min

Location

M25 J15–J16

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Sources

TomTom ×4

Timeline

1. Tue 14:18 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Tue 14:32 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Tue 14:32 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Tue 14:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
5. Tue 14:37 TomTom no longer reports it
6. Tue 14:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~23 min (reported again)
7. Tue 14:50 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
8. Tue 14:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~17 min
9. Tue 14:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~15 min
10. Tue 15:10 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~17)
11. Tue 16:09 TomTom no longer reports it
12. Tue 16:09 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Slow traffic

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 J15 and M25 J16.

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