M25 delays J26 anticlockwise

Long delays on the M25 anticlockwise at J26 on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 06:36. Still reported at 08:50 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Live since 06:36 (2 h 14 min)

Location

M25 anticlockwise · J26

Reported as

Broken-down vehicle

Delay

~5 min

At its worst

Delay ~32 min

Sources

TomTom ×5 · Motorway signs ×4

Timeline

1. 06:36 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. 06:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
3. 06:42 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
4. 07:17 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
5. 07:21 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
6. 07:22 TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~15)
7. 07:31 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~31)
8. 07:42 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
9. 07:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~17 min
10. 07:51 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
11. 08:03 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12. 08:08 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~19 min (reported again)
13. 08:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~14 min
14. 08:13 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~19)
15. 08:13 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
16. 08:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
17. 08:17 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~13)
18. 08:17 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
19. 08:21 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
20. 08:22 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
21. 08:26 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
22. 08:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (3 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise within J26).
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J25 and J24).
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (3 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J26 and J27).
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J27 and J26).

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 stopped traffic J306:42 · Live
• M25 crash J7 clockwise03:48 · Live
• M25 closed J28–J2700:04 · cleared after 3 h 34 min
• M25 closed J26 anticlockwiseyesterday 21:44 · cleared after 7 h 48 min
• M25 reported crash J3–J2 anticlockwiseyesterday 19:41 · cleared after 38 min
• M25 delays J17yesterday 14:58 · cleared after 3 h 45 min
• M25 stopped traffic J15–J16yesterday 14:44 · cleared after 4 h 27 min
• M25 stopped traffic J22–J23yesterday 14:30 · cleared after 1 h 55 min
• M25 crash J11 anticlockwiseyesterday 14:17 · cleared after 5 h 7 min
• M25 crash J24–J25 clockwiseyesterday 13:52 · cleared after 6 h 56 min

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