M25 delays J17

Long delays on the M25 at J17 on Tuesday 20 October 2026, from 14:58. Cleared at 18:42 after 3 h 45 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 18:42 on 20 Oct 2026, after 3 h 45 min

Location

M25 · J17

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Delay ~30 min

Sources

TomTom ×9

Timeline

1. 14:58 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. 15:39 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 15:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min
4. 15:53 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~17), “Slow traffic”
5. 15:57 TomTom: delay now ~30 min (was ~6), “Queuing traffic”
6. 16:21 TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~30), “Slow traffic”
7. 16:21 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
8. 16:21 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
9. 16:25 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. 16:30 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
11. 16:34 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
12. 16:39 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13. 16:39 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~7)
14. 16:43 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
15. 17:16 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
16. 17:26 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
17. 17:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~11 min
18. 17:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
19. 17:34 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
20. 17:48 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
21. 18:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
22. 18:42 TomTom no longer reports it
23. 18:42 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 stopped traffic J15–J1614:44 · Live
• M25 stopped traffic J22–J2314:30 · cleared after 1 h 55 min
• M25 crash J11 anticlockwise14:17 · Live
• M25 crash J24–J25 clockwise13:52 · Live
• M25 stopped traffic J12–J13 clockwise11:08 · cleared after 1 h 20 min
• M25 stopped traffic J207:11 · cleared after 1 h 50 min
• M25 stopped traffic J307:07 · cleared after 1 h 27 min
• M25 reported crash J4–J3 anticlockwise07:01 · cleared after 43 min
• M25 stopped traffic J12–J1306:53 · cleared after 2 h 41 min
• M25 stopped traffic J9–J1006:30 · cleared after 4 h 26 min

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