M25 stopped traffic J16–J17 clockwise
Cleared Cleared at 18:12 on 13 Oct 2026, after 3 h 5 min.
Stopped traffic on the M25 clockwise at J16–J17 on Tuesday 13 October 2026, from 15:07. Cleared at 18:12 after 3 h 5 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
M25 clockwise · J16–J17
Obstruction or hazard
yesterday 15:07–yesterday 18:12 (cleared after 3 h 5 min) · delay ~14 min · queue 7.3 mi
TomTom ×4 · Motorway signs
At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~28 min
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Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF DEBRIS”
- TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~9), “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~19 min (reported again)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~13)
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF DEBRIS”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~28 min
- TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~26), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
What the sources said
- Slow traffic
- Queuing traffic
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF DEBRIS” (11 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J16 and J17).
Other recent incidents on the M25
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- M25 stopped traffic J10–J11
- M25 delays J16
- M25 stopped traffic J12–J13 clockwise
- M25 delays J5–J6
- M25 closed J10–J9
- M25 crash M25 northbound
- M25 stopped traffic J18–J19
- M25 stopped traffic J2
- M25 stopped traffic J14–J15 clockwise
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