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M25 crash J19–J18 anticlockwise

Cleared Cleared at 18:27 on 6 Oct 2026, after 3 h 44 min.

Crash on the M25 anticlockwise at J19–J18 on Tuesday 6 October 2026, from 14:43. Cleared at 18:27 after 3 h 44 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

  1. M25 anticlockwise · J19–J18

    Collision

    Tue 14:43–Tue 18:27 (cleared after 3 h 44 min) · delay ~6 min · queue 4.9 mi

    Motorway signs · TomTom ×5

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Timeline

  1. Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
  2. TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Incident”, delay ~19 min
  3. TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~19)
  4. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
  5. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  6. TomTom: delay now ~47 min (was ~36)
  7. Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
  8. TomTom: delay now ~114 min (was ~82)
  9. TomTom: delay now ~64 min (was ~114)
  10. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  11. TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~9)
  12. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
  13. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
  14. TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Incident”
  15. TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Incident”
  16. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
  17. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
  18. TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Incident”
  19. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
  20. TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”
  21. TomTom no longer reports it
  22. All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

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