M25 stopped traffic J8–J7

Stopped traffic on the M25 at J8–J7 on Wednesday 14 October 2026, from 16:58. Cleared at 19:15 after 2 h 17 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status

Cleared 19:15 on 14 Oct 2026, after 2 h 17 min

Location

M25 · J8–J7

Reported as

Queueing traffic

At its worst

Stationary traffic · delay ~527 min

Sources

TomTom ×3

Timeline

1. Wed 16:58 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~13 min
2. Wed 17:21 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
3. Wed 17:30 TomTom: “Stationary traffic”
4. Wed 17:39 TomTom: delay now ~527 min (was ~24)
5. Wed 17:43 TomTom: delay now ~22 min (was ~527)
6. Wed 17:52 TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
7. Wed 18:01 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~11 min
8. Wed 18:01 TomTom: delay now ~6 min (was ~17)
9. Wed 18:06 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Queuing traffic”, delay ~8 min
10. Wed 18:47 TomTom no longer reports it
11. Wed 18:47 All clear: no source reports it any more
12. Wed 19:11 TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~3 min (reported again)
13. Wed 19:15 TomTom no longer reports it
14. Wed 19:15 All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

• Slow traffic
• Queuing traffic

Other recent incidents on the M25

• M25 closed J21A–J22 anticlockwise02:24 · Live
• M25 stopped traffic J16–J15yesterday 22:48 · cleared after 56 min
• M25 stopped traffic J20–J19 anticlockwiseyesterday 15:48 · cleared after 2 h 52 min
• M25 stopped traffic J3–J2yesterday 14:05 · cleared after 4 h 27 min
• M25 crash J10–J9 anticlockwiseyesterday 11:36 · cleared after 9 h 11 min
• M25 delays J5–J6yesterday 06:15 · cleared after 3 h 22 min
• M25 crash J16 clockwiseWed 22:40 · cleared after 1 h 1 min
• M25 stopped traffic J15–J16 clockwiseWed 14:27 · cleared after 5 h 2 min
• M25 stopped traffic J2Wed 06:51 · cleared after 1 h 59 min
• M25 stopped traffic J10–J11Wed 06:42 · cleared after 3 h 49 min

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