M25 stopped traffic J20–J21

Stopped traffic on the M25 at J20–J21 on Monday 19 October 2026, from 07:08. Cleared at 08:38 after 1 h 31 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 08:38 on 19 Oct 2026, after 1 h 31 min

Location

M25 · J20–J21

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~22 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. 07:08 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~11 min
2. 07:11 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. 07:16 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
4. 07:25 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~14)
5. 07:34 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. 07:39 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
7. 07:48 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~12 min
8. 07:57 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
9. 08:38 TomTom no longer reports it
10. 08:38 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Stationary traffic
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 stopped traffic J6–J5 anticlockwise08:01 · Live
• M25 crash J16 clockwise06:54 · Live
• M25 crash J8–J9 clockwise06:20 · cleared after 2 h 20 min
• M25 crash J25 anticlockwiseyesterday 22:14 · cleared after 1 h 55 min
• M25 crash J24–J25 clockwiseyesterday 21:58 · cleared after 1 h 39 min
• M25 crash J8–J9 clockwiseyesterday 21:45 · cleared after 1 h 52 min
• M25 crash J25 clockwiseyesterday 20:24 · cleared after 43 min
• M25 stopped traffic J2yesterday 15:43 · cleared after 3 h 26 min
• M25 stopped traffic J10–J11 clockwiseyesterday 14:26 · cleared after 49 min
• M25 stopped traffic J16–J17yesterday 13:33 · cleared after 1 h 19 min

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