M25 stopped traffic J30

Stopped traffic on the M25 at J30 on Tuesday 27 October 2026, from 06:59. Cleared at 19:03 after 12 h 4 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 19:03 on 27 Oct 2026, after 12 h 4 min

Location

M25 J30

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~46 min

Sources

TomTom ×6

Timeline

1. Tue 06:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
2. Tue 07:04 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~8), “Stationary traffic”
3. Tue 07:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
4. Tue 07:13 TomTom: delay now ~19 min (was ~8), “Stationary traffic”
5. Tue 07:13 TomTom: delay now ~8 min (was ~18), “Queuing traffic”
6. Tue 07:32 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. Tue 07:41 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~13), “Stationary traffic”
8. Tue 07:50 TomTom: delay now ~5 min (was ~11), “Slow traffic”
9. Tue 07:54 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
10. Tue 08:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min
11. Tue 08:13 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
12. Tue 08:13 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
13. Tue 08:27 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~9 min
14. Tue 08:31 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~13)
15. Tue 08:36 TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~18)
16. Tue 08:45 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
17. Tue 09:27 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
18. Tue 09:31 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~11), “Stationary traffic”
19. Tue 10:08 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
20. Tue 10:21 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
21. Tue 10:26 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
22. Tue 10:31 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
23. Tue 10:35 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
24. Tue 10:44 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
25. Tue 10:49 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
26. Tue 11:30 TomTom: delay now ~12 min (was ~7), “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
27. Tue 11:35 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
28. Tue 12:30 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
29. Tue 12:34 TomTom no longer reports it
30. Tue 12:34 All clear: no source reports it any more
31. Tue 12:52 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
32. Tue 13:15 TomTom: “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
33. Tue 13:20 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
34. Tue 13:43 TomTom: delay now ~13 min (was ~8)
35. Tue 14:01 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
36. Tue 14:15 TomTom: delay now ~28 min (was ~19)
37. Tue 15:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
38. Tue 16:05 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min (reported again)
39. Tue 16:09 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
40. Tue 16:32 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~11 min
41. Tue 16:37 TomTom: delay now ~39 min (was ~28)
42. Tue 16:50 TomTom: delay now ~20 min (was ~14)
43. Tue 16:54 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
44. Tue 17:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~31 min (reported again)
45. Tue 17:09 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~27 min (reported again)
46. Tue 17:18 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~30 min (reported again)
47. Tue 17:27 TomTom no longer reports it
48. Tue 17:27 All clear: no source reports it any more
49. Tue 17:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~46 min (reported again)
50. Tue 17:32 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”, delay ~28 min (reported again)
51. Tue 17:35 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~39 min (reported again)
52. Tue 18:30 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
53. Tue 18:40 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
54. Tue 18:40 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
55. Tue 18:45 TomTom: “Stationary traffic, Lane closed”
56. Tue 18:50 TomTom: “Queuing traffic, Lane closed”
57. Tue 18:59 TomTom: delay now ~7 min (was ~13), “Slow traffic, Lane closed”
58. Tue 19:03 TomTom no longer reports it
59. Tue 19:03 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Slow traffic, Lane closed
• Slow traffic

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Live traffic and past incidents at M25 J30.

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