M25 stopped traffic J13–J12 anticlockwise

Cleared Cleared at 20:26 on 11 Oct 2026, after 1 h 26 min.

Stopped traffic on the M25 anticlockwise at J13–J12 on Sunday 11 October 2026, from 19:00. Cleared at 20:26 after 1 h 26 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

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   M25 anticlockwise · J13–J12

   Obstruction or hazard

   Sun 19:00–Sun 20:26 (cleared after 1 h 26 min) · delay ~4 min · queue 4.3 mi

   Motorway signs · TomTom

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~53 min

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Timeline

1. Sun 19:00 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF ANIMALS”
2. Sun 19:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~16 min
3. Sun 19:45 TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~16)
4. Sun 19:50 TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~37 min (was ~28), “Stationary traffic, Incident”
5. Sun 19:54 TomTom: delay now ~53 min (was ~37)
6. Sun 19:59 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~17 min (was ~53), “Stationary traffic”
7. Sun 20:08 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~16), “Queuing traffic”
8. Sun 20:12 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
9. Sun 20:26 Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF ANIMALS”
10. Sun 20:26 TomTom no longer reports it
11. Sun 20:26 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF ANIMALS” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J13 and J12).
• 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

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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.