M25 stopped traffic J3–J2 anticlockwise
Stopped traffic on the M25 anticlockwise at J3–J2 on Wednesday 21 October 2026, from 10:36. Still reported at 13:00 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Live since 10:36 (2 h 25 min)
- Location
- M25 anticlockwise · J3–J2
- Reported as
- Incident
- Delay
- ~21 min
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~46 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×2 · Motorway signs
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing 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 (reported again)
- TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~15)
- TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~20)
- TomTom: delay now ~29 min (was ~22)
- TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~29), “Queuing traffic”
- TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~16)
- TomTom: delay now ~34 min (was ~25)
- TomTom: delay now ~46 min (was ~34)
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~21 min
Source reports
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “INCIDENT SLOW DOWN” (4 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J3 and J2).
Other recent incidents on the M25
- M25 crash J25–J24 anticlockwise
- M25 crash J17–J18 clockwise
- M25 reported crash J20 clockwise
- M25 crash J14–J15 clockwise
- M25 stopped traffic J3
- M25 delays J26 anticlockwise
- M25 stopped traffic J10–J11 clockwise
- M25 crash J7 clockwise
- M25 closed J28–J27
- M25 closed J26 anticlockwise
The sources don't report causes or injuries, so neither does this page. Times are UK time. For alerts, follow @motorways.me on Bluesky.