M25 stopped traffic J5–J6

Stopped traffic on the M25 at J5–J6 on Tuesday 3 November 2026, from 06:18. Still reported at 07:49 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Live since 06:18 (1 h 31 min)

Location

M25 J5–J6

Reported as

Queueing traffic

Delay

~15 min

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~22 min

Sources

TomTom ×4

Timeline

1. 06:18 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~6 min
2. 06:41 TomTom: delay now ~18 min (was ~12)
3. 06:50 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
4. 06:50 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~9 min
5. 06:55 TomTom: delay now ~11 min (was ~20), “Slow traffic”
6. 06:59 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
7. 07:04 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
8. 07:13 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
9. 07:27 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~15)
10. 07:36 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~22), “Slow traffic”
11. 07:36 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~10 min
12. 07:41 TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~6)

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic

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• M25 closed J24–J25 clockwiseyesterday 21:51 · cleared after 7 h 21 min
• 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

Live traffic and past incidents at M25 J5 and M25 J6.

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