M25 stopped traffic J14–J13 anticlockwise

Stopped traffic on the M25 anticlockwise at J14–J13 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 14:53. Cleared at 20:11 after 5 h 18 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.

Status

Cleared 20:11 on 30 Oct 2026, after 5 h 18 min

Location

M25 anticlockwise · J14–J13

Reported as

Broken-down vehicle

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~52 min

Sources

TomTom ×9 · Motorway signs

Timeline

1. Fri 14:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Fri 14:58 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
3. Fri 15:10 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
4. Fri 15:39 TomTom: delay now ~44 min (was ~6), “Queuing traffic”
5. Fri 15:54 TomTom: delay now ~4 min (was ~47), “Slow traffic”
6. Fri 16:04 TomTom: delay now ~48 min (was ~6), “Queuing traffic”
7. Fri 16:14 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~47)
8. Fri 16:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
9. Fri 16:19 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
10. Fri 16:29 TomTom: delay now ~41 min (was ~17), “Queuing traffic”
11. Fri 16:44 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
12. Fri 16:49 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13. Fri 16:54 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
14. Fri 16:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~27 min
15. Fri 16:59 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
16. Fri 17:09 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
17. Fri 17:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~27 min (reported again)
18. Fri 17:19 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
19. Fri 17:24 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~27 min (reported again)
20. Fri 17:34 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
21. Fri 17:39 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
22. Fri 17:39 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~34 min
23. Fri 17:39 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~47), “Slow traffic”
24. Fri 17:54 TomTom: delay now ~45 min (was ~14), “Queuing traffic”
25. Fri 18:25 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~22 min (reported again)
26. Fri 18:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~24 min
27. Fri 18:40 TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~36), “Slow traffic”
28. Fri 18:53 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
29. Fri 19:30 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
30. Fri 19:33 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
31. Fri 19:35 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
32. Fri 19:40 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~24 min
33. Fri 20:11 TomTom no longer reports it
34. Fri 20:11 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (4 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J14 and J13).

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 crash J27–J26 anticlockwiseyesterday 19:13 · cleared after 1 h 9 min
• M25 crash J25–J26 clockwiseyesterday 19:12 · cleared after 1 h 9 min
• M25 reported crash J5 clockwiseyesterday 18:40 · cleared after 42 min
• M25 crash J5–J6 clockwiseyesterday 17:35 · cleared after 1 h 16 min
• M25 crash J5–J6 clockwiseyesterday 17:25 · cleared after 1 h 26 min
• M25 stopped traffic J30yesterday 17:06 · cleared after 1 h 4 min
• M25 crash J21A–J22 clockwiseyesterday 16:40 · cleared after 52 min
• M25 crash J30–J29 anticlockwiseyesterday 09:43 · cleared after 1 h 36 min
• M25 reported crash J27 anticlockwiseyesterday 08:38 · cleared after 41 min
• M25 stopped traffic J3–J2yesterday 07:02 · cleared after 5 h 16 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M25 J14 and M25 J13.

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