M25 stopped traffic J2

Cleared Cleared at 18:27 on 2 Oct 2026, after 7 h 34 min.

Stopped traffic on the M25 at J2 on Friday 2 October 2026, from 10:53. Cleared at 18:27 after 7 h 34 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M25 · J2

   Queueing traffic

   Fri 10:53–Fri 18:27 (cleared after 7 h 34 min) · delay ~11 min · queue 4.6 mi

   TomTom

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~26 min

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Timeline

1. Fri 10:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Fri 10:57 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Fri 10:57 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Fri 11:30 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
5. Fri 11:35 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. Fri 11:39 TomTom no longer reports it
7. Fri 11:39 All clear: no source reports it any more
8. Fri 11:49 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
9. Fri 11:53 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. Fri 12:12 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
11. Fri 12:17 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. Fri 12:21 TomTom no longer reports it
13. Fri 12:21 All clear: no source reports it any more
14. Fri 12:26 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min (reported again)
15. Fri 12:30 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
16. Fri 12:35 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17. Fri 13:03 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
18. Fri 13:07 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
19. Fri 13:12 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
20. Fri 13:26 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
21. Fri 13:30 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
22. Fri 13:35 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
23. Fri 13:44 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
24. Fri 13:54 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
25. Fri 14:40 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
26. Fri 14:45 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
27. Fri 15:22 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
28. Fri 15:31 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
29. Fri 15:45 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
30. Fri 15:50 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
31. Fri 15:59 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
32. Fri 16:03 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
33. Fri 16:08 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
34. Fri 16:13 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
35. Fri 16:31 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
36. Fri 16:36 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
37. Fri 16:40 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~16), “Stationary traffic”
38. Fri 17:08 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~19)
39. Fri 17:45 TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~18)
40. Fri 18:08 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
41. Fri 18:27 TomTom no longer reports it
42. Fri 18:27 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 stopped traffic J2 · 06:51, cleared after 1 h 59 min
• M25 stopped traffic J10–J11 · 06:42, cleared after 3 h 49 min
• M25 delays J16 · 06:36, cleared after 7 h
• M25 stopped traffic J12–J13 clockwise · 06:20, cleared after 2 h 49 min
• M25 delays J5–J6 · 06:14, cleared after 2 h 8 min
• M25 closed J10–J9 · 00:48, cleared after 19 min
• M25 crash M25 northbound · yesterday 20:25, cleared after 2 h 40 min
• M25 stopped traffic J18–J19 · yesterday 15:53, cleared after 3 h 13 min
• M25 stopped traffic J2 · yesterday 15:45, cleared after 2 h 28 min
• M25 stopped traffic J16–J17 clockwise · yesterday 15:07, cleared after 3 h 5 min

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