M25 stopped traffic J22–J23

Cleared Cleared at 18:05 on 7 Oct 2026, after 3 h 18 min.

Stopped traffic on the M25 at J22–J23 on Wednesday 7 October 2026, from 14:47. Cleared at 18:05 after 3 h 18 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M25 · J22–J23

   Queueing traffic

   Wed 14:47–Wed 18:05 (cleared after 3 h 18 min) · delay ~8 min · queue 4.7 mi

   TomTom ×7

At its worst: stationary traffic · delay ~23 min

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Timeline

1. Wed 14:47 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
2. Wed 15:57 TomTom no longer reports it
3. Wed 15:57 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. Wed 16:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
5. Wed 16:06 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
6. Wed 16:24 TomTom no longer reports it
7. Wed 16:24 All clear: no source reports it any more
8. Wed 16:29 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
9. Wed 16:38 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~8 min
10. Wed 16:47 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
11. Wed 17:05 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12. Wed 17:19 TomTom no longer reports it
13. Wed 17:19 All clear: no source reports it any more
14. Wed 17:42 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~23 min
15. Wed 17:43 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~8 min
16. Wed 17:47 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
17. Wed 17:47 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~23)
18. Wed 17:51 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
19. Wed 17:51 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~12), “Queuing traffic”
20. Wed 17:56 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
21. Wed 18:05 TomTom no longer reports it
22. Wed 18:05 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Slow traffic
• 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

About this page

This page shows what the data sources reported about this event and when, merged from every source that reported it at the same place. It doesn't say what caused it or whether anyone was hurt: no source reports that. Times are UK time. For live alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.