M5 crash J25 southbound
Crash on the M5 southbound at J25 on Thursday 29 October 2026, from 17:26. Cleared at 18:57 after 1 h 30 min. Timeline of reports from the motorway signs and TomTom.
- Status
- Cleared 18:57 on 29 Oct 2026, after 1 h 30 min
- Location
- M5 southbound · J25
- Reported as
- Collision
- At its worst
- Stationary traffic · delay ~79 min
- Sources
- Motorway signs · TomTom ×2
Timeline
- Motorway signs: “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~29 min
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~47 min (was ~29), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom no longer reports it
- TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~37 min (reported again)
- TomTom: now says collision, delay now ~58 min (was ~37), “Stationary traffic, Accident”
- TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~79 min
- TomTom: now says queueing traffic, delay now ~52 min (was ~79), “Stationary traffic”
- TomTom: delay now ~24 min (was ~37)
- TomTom no longer reports it
- Motorway signs no longer show “REPORT OF COLLISION”
- All clear: no source reports it any more
Source reports
- Overhead signs read “REPORT OF COLLISION” (1 sign; furthest along: M5 southbound within J25).
- Stationary traffic, Accident
- Stationary traffic
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- M5 crash J7–J8 southbound
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- M5 closed J24–J23
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- M5 crash J8–J7 northbound
Live traffic and past incidents at M5 J25.
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