M25 stopped traffic J16–J17

Cleared Cleared at 19:54 on 26 Sept 2026, after 9 h 25 min.

Stopped traffic on the M25 at J16–J17 on Saturday 26 September 2026, from 10:29. Cleared at 19:54 after 9 h 25 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M25 · J16–J17

   Queueing traffic

   Sat 10:29–Sat 19:54 (cleared after 9 h 25 min) · delay ~11 min · queue 5.8 mi

   TomTom ×4

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~21 min

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Timeline

1. Sat 10:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
2. Sat 10:33 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. Sat 10:39 TomTom no longer reports it
4. Sat 10:39 All clear: no source reports it any more
5. Sat 10:42 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
6. Sat 10:52 TomTom no longer reports it
7. Sat 11:08 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~12 min
8. Sat 11:17 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. Sat 11:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
10. Sat 11:35 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. Sat 11:43 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12. Sat 11:52 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13. Sat 13:02 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
14. Sat 13:06 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
15. Sat 13:14 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
16. Sat 13:19 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17. Sat 13:49 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
18. Sat 13:54 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
19. Sat 13:58 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
20. Sat 15:17 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
21. Sat 15:38 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~16)
22. Sat 16:15 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
23. Sat 16:19 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
24. Sat 16:24 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
25. Sat 16:28 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
26. Sat 16:33 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
27. Sat 16:47 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
28. Sat 17:00 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
29. Sat 17:10 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
30. Sat 17:14 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
31. Sat 17:19 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
32. Sat 17:23 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
33. Sat 17:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
34. Sat 17:59 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~6), “Queuing traffic”
35. Sat 18:04 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
36. Sat 18:08 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
37. Sat 19:12 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
38. Sat 19:21 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
39. Sat 19:26 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
40. Sat 19:54 TomTom no longer reports it
41. Sat 19:54 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Slow traffic
• Queuing 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.