M25 stopped traffic J17–J16

Stopped traffic on the M25 at J17–J16 on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 18:54. Cleared at 19:18 after 24 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 19:18 on 21 Oct 2026, after 24 min

Location

M25 · J17–J16

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~53 min

Sources

TomTom ×2

Timeline

1. 18:54 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~53 min
2. 18:59 TomTom: delay now ~36 min (was ~53)
3. 19:03 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~36)
4. 19:08 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~18), “Queuing traffic”
5. 19:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
6. 19:13 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
7. 19:18 TomTom no longer reports it
8. 19:18 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 crash J10–J9 clockwise19:03 · cleared after 1 h 20 min
• M25 reported crash J27 anticlockwise19:03 · cleared after 1 h 21 min
• M25 reported crash J10 clockwise18:43 · cleared after 40 min
• M25 reported crash J29 clockwise18:42 · cleared after 41 min
• M25 crash J27–J28 clockwise16:55 · cleared after 3 h 28 min
• M25 stopped traffic J15–J1615:18 · cleared after 3 h 51 min
• M25 stopped traffic J5–J6 clockwise14:57 · cleared after 2 h 49 min
• M25 stopped traffic J3–J2 anticlockwise10:36 · cleared after 9 h 6 min
• M25 crash J25–J24 anticlockwise10:12 · cleared after 1 h 41 min
• M25 crash J17–J18 clockwise09:43 · cleared after 1 h 34 min

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