M25 stopped traffic J15–J16

Cleared Cleared at 11:52 on 1 Oct 2026, after 1 h 6 min.

Stopped traffic on the M25 at J15–J16 on Thursday 1 October 2026, from 10:47. Cleared at 11:52 after 1 h 6 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M25 · J15–J16

   Queueing traffic

   10:47–11:52 (cleared after 1 h 6 min) · delay ~26 min · queue 6.1 mi

   TomTom ×2

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Timeline

1. 10:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
2. 11:00 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 11:04 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
4. 11:09 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
5. 11:18 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~16), “Stationary traffic”
6. 11:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~19 min
7. 11:42 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~19)
8. 11:47 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~13), “Queuing traffic”
9. 11:52 TomTom no longer reports it
10. 11:52 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 reported crash J29 clockwise · 12:40, still reported
• M25 crash J16 anticlockwise · 06:37, cleared after 3 h 29 min
• M25 crash J17–J16 anticlockwise · 06:23, cleared after 2 h 19 min
• M25 stopped traffic J8–J9 · 05:42, cleared after 2 h 14 min
• M25 crash J17–J18 clockwise · 03:07, cleared after 2 h 44 min
• M25 crash J18–J17 anticlockwise · 03:02, cleared after 2 h 49 min
• M25 crash J18–J19 clockwise · yesterday 23:19, cleared after 1 h 31 min
• M25 crash J19–J18 anticlockwise · yesterday 16:04, cleared after 3 h 14 min
• M25 crash J24–J25 clockwise · yesterday 11:42, cleared after 6 h 36 min
• M25 delays J11–J12 clockwise · yesterday 06:45, cleared after 8 h 32 min

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