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M25 stopped traffic J17–J16

Stopped traffic on the M25 at J17–J16 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 11:02. Cleared at 13:44 after 2 h 42 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status
Cleared 13:44 on 30 Oct 2026, after 2 h 42 min
Location
M25 J17–J16
Reported as
Queueing traffic
At its worst
Stationary traffic · delay ~36 min
Sources
TomTom ×8
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Timeline

  1. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
  2. TomTom no longer reports it
  3. All clear: no source reports it any more
  4. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min
  5. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  6. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  7. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  8. TomTom no longer reports it
  9. All clear: no source reports it any more
  10. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~22 min
  11. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~20 min
  12. TomTom no longer reports it
  13. All clear: no source reports it any more
  14. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
  15. TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~12)
  16. TomTom: delay now ~33 min (was ~18)
  17. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~30 min
  18. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
  19. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~20 min
  20. TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~5), “Stationary traffic”
  21. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  22. TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
  23. TomTom no longer reports it
  24. All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

Other recent incidents on the M25

Live traffic and past incidents at M25 J17 and M25 J16.

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