M25 delays J5–J6 clockwise
Long delays on the M25 clockwise at J5–J6 on Tuesday 20 October 2026, from 02:02. Still reported at 08:02 UK time. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Live since 02:02 (6 h 1 min)
- Location
- M25 clockwise · J5–J6
- Reported as
- Obstruction or hazard
- Delay
- ~4 min
- At its worst
- Delay ~23 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs ×2 · TomTom ×3
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~23 min
- TomTom: delay now ~3 min (was ~23)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~17 min
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~15 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise at the Clacket Lane services slip road between J5 and J6).
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J5 and J6).
- Slow traffic
Other recent incidents on the M25
- M25 stopped traffic J2
- M25 stopped traffic J3–J2
- M25 reported crash J4–J3 anticlockwise
- M25 stopped traffic J9–J10
- M25 crash J28–J27 anticlockwise
- M25 reported crash J28–J27 anticlockwise
- M25 crash J27–J28 clockwise
- M25 crash J14–J15 clockwise
- M25 closed J28–J27
- M25 closed J26 anticlockwise
The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.