M25 stopped traffic J15–J16

Stopped traffic on the M25 at J15–J16 on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 15:18. Still reported at 17:53 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 15:18 (2 h 35 min)

Location

M25 · J15–J16

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~19 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~23 min

Sources

TomTom ×4

Timeline

1. 15:18 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. 15:23 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~3), “Queuing traffic”
3. 15:32 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
4. 15:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~18 min
5. 16:24 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~15), “Stationary traffic”
6. 16:28 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. 16:32 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~9 min
8. 16:32 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
9. 16:37 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. 16:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~10 min (reported again)
11. 16:46 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
12. 16:51 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13. 17:00 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
14. 17:04 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15. 17:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~14 min (reported again)
16. 17:27 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17. 17:32 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
18. 17:46 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~13 min (reported again)
19. 17:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 stopped traffic J5–J6 clockwise14:57 · cleared after 2 h 49 min
• M25 stopped traffic J3–J2 anticlockwise10:36 · Live
• M25 crash J25–J24 anticlockwise10:12 · cleared after 1 h 41 min
• M25 crash J17–J18 clockwise09:43 · cleared after 1 h 34 min
• M25 reported crash J20 clockwise08:55 · cleared after 57 min
• M25 crash J14–J15 clockwise07:08 · cleared after 3 h 27 min
• M25 stopped traffic J306:42 · cleared after 2 h 13 min
• M25 delays J26 anticlockwise06:36 · cleared after 3 h 15 min
• M25 stopped traffic J10–J11 clockwise06:28 · cleared after 7 h 20 min
• M25 crash J7 clockwise03:48 · cleared after 6 h 34 min

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