M25 crash J14–J15 clockwise

Cleared Cleared at 11:03 on 30 Sept 2026, after 20 h 26 min.

Crash on the M25 clockwise at J14–J15 on Tuesday 29 September 2026, from 14:36. Cleared at 11:03 after 20 h 26 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

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   M25 clockwise · J14–J15

   Collision

   Tue 14:36–Wed 11:03 (cleared after 20 h 26 min) · delay ~16 min · queue 8.8 mi

   TomTom ×11 · Motorway signs ×3

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Timeline

1. Tue 14:36 Motorway signs: “REPORT OF DEBRIS”
2. Tue 14:58 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
3. Tue 15:01 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
4. Tue 15:06 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~11)
5. Tue 15:42 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
6. Tue 15:42 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
7. Tue 15:47 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~11), “Slow traffic”
8. Tue 15:52 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
9. Tue 15:53 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~15), “Queuing traffic”
10. Tue 15:56 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~5)
11. Tue 15:56 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
12. Tue 15:57 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
13. Tue 16:01 TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~10)
14. Tue 16:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~18 min
15. Tue 16:10 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
16. Tue 16:10 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17. Tue 16:15 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~20)
18. Tue 16:19 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
19. Tue 16:20 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~13), “Slow traffic”
20. Tue 16:28 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
21. Tue 16:42 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~9)
22. Tue 16:56 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
23. Tue 17:06 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
24. Tue 17:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
25. Tue 17:29 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
26. Tue 17:33 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
27. Tue 17:37 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
28. Tue 17:43 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
29. Tue 18:18 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
30. Tue 18:33 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
31. Tue 18:37 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
32. Tue 18:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
33. Tue 18:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
34. Tue 19:00 TomTom no longer reports it
35. Wed 02:37 Motorway signs: still reported after more than 12 hours, so treated as out of date
36. Wed 02:37 All clear: no source reports it any more
37. Wed 06:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
38. Wed 06:55 TomTom no longer reports it
39. Wed 06:55 All clear: no source reports it any more
40. Wed 07:21 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
41. Wed 07:39 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
42. Wed 07:44 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
43. Wed 07:46 Motorway signs: “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (reported again)
44. Wed 07:49 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
45. Wed 07:53 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
46. Wed 07:58 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~13)
47. Wed 08:16 Motorway signs no longer show “COLLISION SLOW DOWN”
48. Wed 08:16 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
49. Wed 08:31 TomTom no longer reports it
50. Wed 08:31 All clear: no source reports it any more
51. Wed 08:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~20 min (reported again)
52. Wed 08:35 TomTom no longer reports it
53. Wed 08:39 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~19 min (reported again)
54. Wed 09:21 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
55. Wed 10:11 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
56. Wed 10:48 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
57. Wed 11:03 TomTom no longer reports it
58. Wed 11:03 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (3 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J17 and J18).
• Overhead signs read “REPORT OF DEBRIS” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J15 and J16).
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “COLLISION SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J14 and J15).

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 crash J21A–J22 clockwise · yesterday 23:26, still reported
• M25 reported crash J21A–J22 clockwise · yesterday 23:15, cleared after 50 min
• M25 crash J26–J25 anticlockwise · yesterday 15:02, cleared after 4 h 42 min
• M25 reported crash J4–J3 anticlockwise · yesterday 14:33, cleared after 59 min
• M25 crash J24–J25 clockwise · yesterday 12:54, cleared after 7 h 1 min
• M25 crash J28–J29 clockwise · yesterday 11:38, cleared after 52 min
• M25 crash J11–J10 anticlockwise · yesterday 10:11, cleared after 9 h 7 min
• M25 reported crash J10 clockwise · yesterday 08:38, cleared after 52 min
• M25 crash J26–J27 anticlockwise · yesterday 06:37, cleared after 2 h 14 min
• M25 reported crash J29–J30 clockwise · Thu 19:56, cleared after 16 h 4 min

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