M25 stopped traffic J13–J12

Cleared Cleared at 14:36 on 3 Oct 2026, after 5 h 29 min.

Stopped traffic on the M25 at J13–J12 on Saturday 3 October 2026, from 09:06. Cleared at 14:36 after 5 h 29 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M25 · J13–J12

   Queueing traffic

   Sat 09:06–Sat 14:36 (cleared after 5 h 29 min) · delay ~9 min · queue 5.3 mi

   TomTom ×6

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~20 min

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Timeline

1. Sat 09:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. Sat 09:16 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
3. Sat 10:34 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
4. Sat 10:39 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
5. Sat 10:53 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~11), “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
6. Sat 11:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
7. Sat 12:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
8. Sat 12:21 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. Sat 12:26 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
10. Sat 12:40 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. Sat 12:44 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12. Sat 12:49 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
13. Sat 12:53 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
14. Sat 13:17 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~12 min
15. Sat 13:45 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
16. Sat 13:49 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17. Sat 14:03 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
18. Sat 14:12 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
19. Sat 14:22 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~6 min
20. Sat 14:36 TomTom no longer reports it
21. Sat 14:36 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Queuing traffic, Lane closed
• Queuing traffic
• 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 delays J5–J6 · 06:14, cleared after 2 h 8 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

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.