M25 stopped traffic J8–J9

Cleared Cleared at 07:56 on 1 Oct 2026, after 2 h 14 min.

Stopped traffic on the M25 at J8–J9 on Thursday 1 October 2026, from 05:42. Cleared at 07:56 after 2 h 14 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

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   M25 · J8–J9

   Queueing traffic

   05:42–07:56 (cleared after 2 h 14 min) · delay ~31 min · queue 8.0 mi

   TomTom ×2

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Timeline

1. 05:42 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~5 min
2. 05:47 TomTom no longer reports it
3. 05:47 All clear: no source reports it any more
4. 05:51 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~6 min (reported again)
5. 05:56 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
6. 06:05 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. 06:19 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~12), “Stationary traffic”
8. 07:00 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~22 min
9. 07:14 TomTom: delay now ~25 min (was ~19)
10. 07:19 TomTom: delay now ~14 min (was ~25)
11. 07:23 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
12. 07:28 TomTom: delay now ~17 min (was ~12), “Slow traffic”
13. 07:47 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
14. 07:56 TomTom no longer reports it
15. 07:56 All clear: no source reports it any more

What the sources said

• Stationary traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 delays J26–J25 anticlockwise · 06:37, still reported
• M25 crash J16 anticlockwise · 06:37, still reported
• M25 crash J17–J16 anticlockwise · 06:23, cleared after 2 h 19 min
• M25 crash J17–J18 clockwise · 03:07, cleared after 2 h 44 min
• M25 crash J18–J17 anticlockwise · 03:02, cleared after 2 h 49 min
• M25 crash J18–J19 clockwise · yesterday 23:19, cleared after 1 h 31 min
• M25 crash J19–J18 anticlockwise · yesterday 16:04, cleared after 3 h 14 min
• M25 crash J24–J25 clockwise · yesterday 11:42, cleared after 6 h 36 min
• M25 delays J11–J12 clockwise · yesterday 06:45, cleared after 8 h 32 min
• M25 crash J14 clockwise · yesterday 05:45, cleared after 5 h 36 min

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