M25 stopped traffic J2

Stopped traffic on the M25 at J2 on Sunday 18 October 2026, from 15:43. Still reported at 19:07 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 15:43 (3 h 24 min)

Location

M25 · J2

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~5 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~28 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. 15:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min
2. 16:10 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~12), “Slow traffic”
3. 16:24 TomTom no longer reports it
4. 16:24 All clear: no source reports it any more
5. 16:42 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min (reported again)
6. 16:56 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
7. 17:01 TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~12)
8. 17:10 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~28)
9. 17:14 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~17), “Queuing traffic”
10. 17:51 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
11. 18:05 TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~16)
12. 18:09 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~25)
13. 18:32 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~13), “Queuing traffic”
14. 18:37 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
15. 18:46 TomTom no longer reports it
16. 18:46 All clear: no source reports it any more
17. 18:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min (reported again)
18. 18:55 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
19. 19:00 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
20. 19:04 TomTom: “Slow traffic”

Source reports

• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 stopped traffic J10–J11 clockwise14:26 · cleared after 49 min
• M25 stopped traffic J16–J1713:33 · cleared after 1 h 19 min
• M25 delays J13 clockwise11:16 · Live
• M25 crash J27 anticlockwiseyesterday 21:59 · cleared after 6 h 4 min
• M25 crash J27 anticlockwiseyesterday 21:16 · cleared after 45 min
• M25 stopped traffic J16–J15 anticlockwiseyesterday 20:34 · cleared after 3 h 48 min
• M25 crash J24–J25 clockwiseyesterday 18:01 · cleared after 1 h
• M25 stopped traffic J14–J13yesterday 15:53 · cleared after 2 h 36 min
• M25 crash J27 anticlockwiseyesterday 15:09 · cleared after 50 min
• M25 crash J12–J11 anticlockwiseyesterday 14:43 · cleared after 46 min

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