M25 stopped traffic J24 clockwise
Stopped traffic on the M25 clockwise at J24 on Thursday 29 October 2026, from 14:18. Cleared at 18:50 after 4 h 32 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom, the motorway signs and National Highways.
- Status
- Cleared 18:50 on 29 Oct 2026, after 4 h 32 min
- Location
- M25 clockwise · J24
- Reported as
- Obstruction or hazard
- Lanes
- 1 of 4 lanes closed
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~25 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×8 · Motorway signs ×2 · National Highways ×3
Timeline
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~18 min
- TomTom: delay now ~9 min (was ~25), “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
- TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~13)
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
- National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
- TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~8)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~20), “Queuing traffic”
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- National Highways: lane closure lifted
- All clear: no source reports it any more
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Slow traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Slow traffic
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 clockwise within J24).
- Queuing traffic
- M25 anti-clockwise between J26 and J25
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF OBSTRUCTION” (2 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J25 and J26).
Other recent incidents on the M25
- M25 crash J27–J26 anticlockwise
- M25 crash J25–J26 clockwise
- M25 reported crash J5 clockwise
- M25 crash J5–J6 clockwise
- M25 crash J5–J6 clockwise
- M25 stopped traffic J30
- M25 crash J21A–J22 clockwise
- M25 crash J30–J29 anticlockwise
- M25 reported crash J27 anticlockwise
- M25 stopped traffic J3–J2
Live traffic and past incidents at M25 J24.
The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.