M25 delays J5–J6

Cleared Cleared at 08:23 on 14 Oct 2026, after 2 h 8 min.

Long delays on the M25 at J5–J6 on Wednesday 14 October 2026, from 06:14. Cleared at 08:23 after 2 h 8 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M25 · J5–J6

   Queueing traffic

   06:14–08:23 (cleared after 2 h 8 min) · delay ~8 min · queue 5.5 mi

   TomTom ×2

At its worst: delay ~20 min

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Timeline

1. 06:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. 06:42 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~8)
3. 06:56 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~14)
4. 07:00 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~19)
5. 07:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~11 min
6. 07:05 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~11), “Slow traffic”
7. 07:09 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. 07:41 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
9. 08:23 TomTom no longer reports it
10. 08:23 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 stopped traffic J2 · 06:51, cleared after 1 h 59 min
• M25 stopped traffic J10–J11 · 06:42, cleared after 3 h 49 min
• M25 delays J16 · 06:36, cleared after 7 h
• M25 stopped traffic J12–J13 clockwise · 06:20, cleared after 2 h 49 min
• M25 closed J10–J9 · 00:48, cleared after 19 min
• M25 crash M25 northbound · yesterday 20:25, cleared after 2 h 40 min
• M25 stopped traffic J18–J19 · yesterday 15:53, cleared after 3 h 13 min
• M25 stopped traffic J2 · yesterday 15:45, cleared after 2 h 28 min
• M25 stopped traffic J16–J17 clockwise · yesterday 15:07, cleared after 3 h 5 min
• M25 stopped traffic J14–J15 clockwise · yesterday 06:28, cleared after 3 h 45 min

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