M25 stopped traffic J3

Stopped traffic on the M25 at J3 on Thursday 12 November 2026, from 06:44. Cleared at 08:38 after 1 h 54 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 08:38 on 12 Nov 2026, after 1 h 54 min

Location

M25 J3

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~53 min

Sources

TomTom ×4

Timeline

1. 06:44 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~14 min
2. 06:57 TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~19)
3. 07:02 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~5 min
4. 07:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~44 min (reported again)
5. 07:25 TomTom: delay now ~31 min (was ~50)
6. 07:29 TomTom: delay now ~21 min (was ~31)
7. 07:34 TomTom: delay now ~38 min (was ~21)
8. 07:38 TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~38)
9. 07:52 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~16), “Queuing traffic”
10. 08:01 TomTom no longer reports it
11. 08:01 All clear: no source reports it any more
12. 08:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
13. 08:10 TomTom no longer reports it
14. 08:33 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
15. 08:38 TomTom no longer reports it
16. 08:38 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Queuing traffic
• Slow traffic

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 closed J17–J16 anticlockwise10:16 · cleared after 44 min
• M25 crash J7 clockwise09:04 · cleared after 4 h 48 min
• M25 crash J7 anticlockwise08:41 · cleared after 5 h 11 min
• M25 stopped traffic J12–J13 clockwise06:38 · cleared after 5 h 16 min
• M25 reported crash J5 clockwise06:32 · cleared after 33 min
• M25 crash J27 anticlockwise06:29 · cleared after 7 h 23 min
• M25 stopped traffic J13–J12 anticlockwise04:24 · cleared after 7 h 48 min
• M25 closed J28–J2900:42 · cleared after 2 h 36 min
• M25 crash J26–J27 clockwiseyesterday 18:58 · cleared after 1 h 54 min
• M25 crash J5–J6 clockwiseyesterday 17:02 · cleared after 1 h 24 min

Live traffic and past incidents at M25 J3.

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