M25 stopped traffic J24–J25 clockwise

Stopped traffic on the M25 clockwise at J24–J25 on Friday 30 October 2026, from 13:47. Cleared at 16:14 after 2 h 27 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs, TomTom and National Highways.

Status

Cleared 16:14 on 30 Oct 2026, after 2 h 27 min

Location

M25 clockwise · J24–J25

Reported as

Broken-down vehicle

Lanes

1 of 4 lanes closed

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~24 min

Sources

Motorway signs ×4 · TomTom ×4 · National Highways ×2

Timeline

1. Fri 13:46 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE”
2. Fri 13:47 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
3. Fri 14:23 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min
4. Fri 14:28 Motorway signs: “INCIDENT [HCA2]”
5. Fri 14:28 Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
6. Fri 14:32 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW”
7. Fri 14:32 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
8. Fri 14:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
9. Fri 14:43 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
10. Fri 14:48 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~7 min
11. Fri 14:53 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
12. Fri 15:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~10 min
13. Fri 15:14 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
14. Fri 15:16 National Highways: 1 of 4 lanes closed
15. Fri 15:29 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
16. Fri 15:32 Motorway signs: “STRANDED VEHICLE” (reported again)
17. Fri 15:32 Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT [HCA2]”
18. Fri 15:32 Motorway signs no longer show “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
19. Fri 15:39 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
20. Fri 15:54 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
21. Fri 15:57 National Highways: lane closure lifted
22. Fri 16:02 Motorway signs no longer show “STRANDED VEHICLE”
23. Fri 16:09 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~17), “Slow traffic”
24. Fri 16:14 TomTom no longer reports it
25. Fri 16:14 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE-SLOW” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 clockwise between J24 and J25).
• Overhead signs read “STRANDED VEHICLE” (3 signs; furthest along: M25 clockwise within J24).
• Slow traffic
• Overhead signs read “INCIDENT [HCA2]” (13 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J24 and J23).
• Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (1 sign; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise within J23).
• M25 clockwise within J24
• M25 clockwise between J23 and J24

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 crash J27–J26 anticlockwiseyesterday 19:13 · cleared after 1 h 9 min
• M25 crash J25–J26 clockwiseyesterday 19:12 · cleared after 1 h 9 min
• M25 reported crash J5 clockwiseyesterday 18:40 · cleared after 42 min
• M25 crash J5–J6 clockwiseyesterday 17:35 · cleared after 1 h 16 min
• M25 crash J5–J6 clockwiseyesterday 17:25 · cleared after 1 h 26 min
• M25 stopped traffic J30yesterday 17:06 · cleared after 1 h 4 min
• M25 crash J21A–J22 clockwiseyesterday 16:40 · cleared after 52 min
• M25 crash J30–J29 anticlockwiseyesterday 09:43 · cleared after 1 h 36 min
• M25 reported crash J27 anticlockwiseyesterday 08:38 · cleared after 41 min
• M25 stopped traffic J3–J2yesterday 07:02 · cleared after 5 h 16 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M25 J24 and M25 J25.

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