M25 closed J8–J9 anticlockwise (obstruction)
Road closure on the M25 anticlockwise at J8–J9 on Wednesday 4 November 2026, from 07:35. Still reported at 09:13 UK time. Timeline of reports from TomTom and the motorway signs.
- Status
- Live since 07:35 (1 h 38 min)
- Location
- M25 anticlockwise · J8–J9
- Reported as
- Obstruction or hazard
- Lanes
- Road closed
- Delay
- ~100 min
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~165 min
- Sources
- TomTom ×3 · Motorway signs
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN”
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~10 min
- TomTom: now says obstruction or hazard, “traffic, Vehicle fire”
- TomTom: obstruction or hazard, “Stationary traffic, Vehicle fire”, delay ~31 min
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~68 min (was ~35), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: now says obstruction or hazard, delay now ~111 min (was ~68), “traffic, Vehicle fire”
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~51 min (was ~165), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: road closed
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~75 min (reported again)
- TomTom: delay now ~47 min (was ~75)
- TomTom: delay now ~103 min (was ~59)
Source reports
- Stationary traffic, Vehicle fire
- Stationary traffic
- Overhead signs read “VEHICLE FIRE SLOW DOWN” (5 signs; furthest along: M25 anti-clockwise between J9 and J8).
- Closed
Other recent incidents on the M25
- M25 stopped traffic J24–J25
- M25 stopped traffic J5–J6 clockwise
- M25 delays J15–J16
- M25 stopped traffic J10–J11 clockwise
- M25 crash J15–J16 clockwise
- M25 reported crash J15–J16 clockwise
- M25 stopped traffic J2
- M25 stopped traffic J13–J12
- M25 crash J16 clockwise
- M25 reported crash J25–J26 clockwise
Live traffic and past incidents at M25 J8 and M25 J9.
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