M25 crash J3

Crash on the M25 at J3 on Thursday 5 November 2026, from 06:04. Cleared at 08:03 after 1 h 59 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 08:03 on 5 Nov 2026, after 1 h 59 min

Location

M25 J3

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~65 min

Sources

TomTom

Timeline

1. Thu 06:04 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
2. Thu 06:09 TomTom: now says collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”
3. Thu 06:32 TomTom: delay now ~37 min (was ~25)
4. Thu 06:36 TomTom: delay now ~65 min (was ~37)
5. Thu 06:41 TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
6. Thu 07:04 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~26)
7. Thu 07:08 TomTom no longer reports it
8. Thu 07:08 All clear: no source reports it any more
9. Thu 07:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~7 min (reported again)
10. Thu 07:17 TomTom no longer reports it
11. Thu 07:31 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
12. Thu 07:54 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
13. Thu 07:59 TomTom: “Slow traffic”
14. Thu 08:03 TomTom no longer reports it
15. Thu 08:03 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic

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Live traffic and past incidents at M25 J3.

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