M25 stopped traffic J16 clockwise
Stopped traffic on the M25 clockwise at J16 on Friday 23 October 2026, from 15:40. Still reported at 17:08 UK time. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Live since 15:40 (1 h 29 min)
- Location
- M25 clockwise · J16
- Reported as
- Obstruction or hazard
- Delay
- ~15 min
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~42 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs · TomTom ×3
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~33 min
- Motorway signs no longer show “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~42), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~25 min
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~11 min
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “OBSTRUCTION SLOW DOWN” (4 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise within J16 after M40 J1A southbound exit).
- Queuing traffic
- Slow traffic
Other recent incidents on the M25
- M25 reported crash J8 anticlockwise
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- M25 crash J9–J8 anticlockwise
- M25 crash
- M25 stopped traffic J3–J2
- M25 crash J6–J5 anticlockwise
- M25 crash J9–J10 clockwise
- M25 stopped traffic J14–J13 anticlockwise
- M25 crash J25 anticlockwise
- M25 crash J8 anticlockwise
The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.