M25 stopped traffic J18–J19

Cleared Cleared at 19:06 on 13 Oct 2026, after 3 h 13 min.

Stopped traffic on the M25 at J18–J19 on Tuesday 13 October 2026, from 15:53. Cleared at 19:06 after 3 h 13 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M25 · J18–J19

   Queueing traffic

   15:53–19:06 (cleared after 3 h 13 min) · delay ~26 min · queue 9.4 mi

   TomTom ×9

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Timeline

1. 15:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
2. 16:08 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
3. 16:16 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. 16:25 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
5. 16:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~15 min
6. 16:39 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. 16:44 TomTom: delay now ~24 min (was ~11)
8. 16:54 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
9. 16:58 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
10. 17:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
11. 17:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
12. 17:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
13. 17:58 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
14. 18:02 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
15. 18:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~14 min (reported again)
16. 18:20 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~9 min
17. 18:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
18. 18:30 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~6)
19. 18:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
20. 19:06 TomTom no longer reports it
21. 19:06 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 crash M25 northbound · 20:25, still reported
• M25 delays J14–J15 clockwise · 06:28, cleared after 3 h 45 min
• M25 crash J5–J6 clockwise · 06:16, cleared after 4 h 2 min
• M25 closed J25–J24 · 00:54, cleared after 1 h 50 min
• M25 closed J21 anticlockwise · yesterday 15:43, cleared after 3 h 31 min
• M25 crash J20–J19 anticlockwise · yesterday 06:19, cleared after 3 h 47 min
• M25 crash J5–J6 clockwise · yesterday 06:13, cleared after 3 h 21 min
• M25 crash J29–J30 clockwise · yesterday 02:43, cleared after 45 min
• M25 crash J26–J25 clockwise · Sun 08:26, cleared after 58 h 34 min
• M25 crash J26–J27 clockwise · Sat 13:57, cleared after 48 min

About this page

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.