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M25 stopped traffic J20–J21

Stopped traffic on the M25 at J20–J21 on Thursday 5 November 2026, from 15:22. Still reported at 17:59 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status
Live since 15:22 (2 h 37 min)
Location
M25 J20–J21
Reported as
Queueing traffic
Delay
~31 min
At its worst
Stationary traffic · delay ~39 min
Sources
TomTom ×4
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Timeline

  1. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
  2. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
  3. TomTom: now says broken-down vehicle, “Queuing traffic, Broken down vehicle”
  4. TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”
  5. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
  6. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~14 min (reported again)
  7. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  8. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  9. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  10. TomTom: delay now ~33 min (was ~17), “Queuing traffic”
  11. TomTom: delay now ~16 min (was ~35), “Slow traffic”
  12. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
  13. TomTom: delay now ~10 min (was ~16), “Queuing traffic”
  14. TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~10)
  15. TomTom no longer reports it
  16. All clear: no source reports it any more
  17. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~37 min (reported again)
  18. TomTom no longer reports it
  19. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~35 min (reported again)

Source reports

Other recent incidents on the M25

Live traffic and past incidents at M25 J20 and M25 J21.

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