M25 stopped traffic J2–J3 clockwise

Cleared Cleared at 17:49 on 7 Oct 2026, after 355 h 57 min.

Stopped traffic on the M25 clockwise at J2–J3 on Tuesday 22 September 2026, from 21:52. Cleared at 17:49 after 355 h 57 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.

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   M25 clockwise · J2–J3

   Broken-down vehicle

   Tue 21:52–Wed 17:49 (cleared after 355 h 57 min) · delay ~10 min · queue 3.1 mi

   Motorway signs ×3 · TomTom ×10

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~101 min

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Timeline

1. Tue 21:52 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
2. Wed 00:02 TomTom: lane closure
3. Wed 00:48 TomTom no longer reports it
4. Wed 06:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
5. Wed 06:41 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~3 min
6. Wed 07:21 TomTom: broken-down vehicle, “Broken down vehicle”
7. Wed 07:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~4 min
8. Wed 07:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~1 min
9. Wed 07:43 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. Wed 07:53 TomTom: broken-down vehicle, “Queuing traffic, Broken down vehicle”, delay ~1 min
11. Wed 07:57 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12. Wed 08:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~1 min (reported again)
13. Wed 09:34 TomTom no longer reports it
14. Wed 13:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
15. Wed 13:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~4 min
16. Wed 14:52 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~14), “Slow traffic”
17. Wed 15:48 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
18. Wed 16:02 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
19. Wed 16:16 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~8), “Stationary traffic”
20. Wed 16:29 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
21. Wed 16:43 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~12), “Stationary traffic”
22. Wed 16:57 TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~19)
23. Wed 17:11 TomTom: delay now ~65 min (was ~31)
24. Wed 17:25 TomTom: delay now ~85 min (was ~65)
25. Wed 18:17 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
26. Wed 18:57 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
27. Wed 18:59 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
28. Wed 19:16 TomTom: delay now ~66 min (was ~101)
29. Wed 19:30 TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~66)
30. Wed 19:57 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
31. Wed 20:11 TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~18)
32. Wed 20:25 TomTom no longer reports it
33. Thu 03:28 Motorway signs: still reported after more than 6 hours, so treated as out of date
34. Thu 03:28 All clear: no source reports it any more
35. Wed 17:19 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (reported again)
36. Wed 17:49 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
37. Wed 17:49 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J2 and J3).
• Lane closed
• Slow traffic
• Stationary traffic
• Broken down vehicle
• Queuing traffic, Broken down vehicle
• Queuing traffic
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J4 and J3).
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J4 and J3).

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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