M25 stopped traffic J7–J6 anticlockwise
Live Still reported at 18:52 UK time, since 15:37 (3 h 15 min).
Stopped traffic on the M25 anticlockwise at J7–J6 on Saturday 10 October 2026, from 15:37. Still reported at 18:52 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M25 anticlockwise · J7–J6
Obstruction or hazard
since 15:37 (3 h 15 min) · delay ~35 min · queue 3.8 mi
TomTom ×6 · Motorway signs
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Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~16 min
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~15)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs: “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Stationary traffic, Vehicle fire”, delay ~8 min
- TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~8)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~16)
- TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~22)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Stationary traffic, Vehicle fire”, delay ~37 min (reported again)
- TomTom: delay now ~55 min (was ~37)
- TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~39)
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~11 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~5)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~11), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~35 min (was ~19)
What the sources said
- Queuing traffic
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J7 and J6).
- Stationary traffic
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About this page
This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.