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Welcome to our M25 traffic news search page. This is where you can find all of today's latest M25 traffic news, current M25 delays, accidents, incidents, congestion and roadworks for the M25 motorway. We feature M25 traffic reports and updates to help you plan your journey around the M25.

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M25 Anti-Clockwise Jct 17 to Jct 16 Carriageway and slip road closure

PlannedRoadworksAnticlockwise Road closed

Time now: Tuesday, 1 September 2026, 21:57

20:531 Sept 2026reported 1 hr ago

Location: M25 anti-clockwise within J16 before M40 J1A northbound exit
Direction: Anticlockwise
Lanes closed: Carriageway closed
Reason: Roadworks
Schedule: 22:00 Tue 1 Sept → 05:30 Wed 2 Sept

Forecast - not confirmed

🚧HA scheduled: 22:00 Tue 1 Sept → 05:30 Wed 2 Sept starts in about 2 minutes · lasts ~7h 30m

M1 northbound Jct 6 to Jct 8 carriageway closure

PlannedRoadworksClockwise Road closed

Time now: Tuesday, 1 September 2026, 21:57

20:531 Sept 2026reported 1 hr ago

Location: M25 clockwise between J20 and J21
Direction: Clockwise
Lanes closed: Carriageway closed
Reason: Roadworks
Schedule: 22:00 Tue 1 Sept → 05:00 Wed 2 Sept

Forecast - not confirmed

🚧HA scheduled: 22:00 Tue 1 Sept → 05:00 Wed 2 Sept starts in about 2 minutes · lasts ~7h 00m

M25 Clockwise Jct 26 Exit Slip Closure

PlannedUpdateClockwise Road closed

Time now: Tuesday, 1 September 2026, 21:57

20:531 Sept 2026reported 1 hr ago

Location: M25 J26 clockwise exit
Direction: Clockwise
Lanes closed: Carriageway closed
Reason: Repair work
Schedule: 22:00 Tue 1 Sept → 05:30 Wed 2 Sept

Forecast - not confirmed

🚧HA scheduled: 22:00 Tue 1 Sept → 05:30 Wed 2 Sept starts in about 2 minutes · lasts ~7h 30m

M25 Anti-clockwise Jct 30 to Jct 29 Hard shoulder closure

PlannedRoadworksAnticlockwise

Time now: Tuesday, 1 September 2026, 21:57

20:531 Sept 2026reported 1 hr ago

Location: M25 anti-clockwise between J30 and J29
Direction: Anticlockwise
Lanes closed: Hard shoulder closed
Reason: Road improvement or upgrading
Schedule: 08:00 Mon 3 Aug → 23:59 Wed 31 Mar 2027

Forecast - not confirmed

🚧HA scheduled: 08:00 Mon 3 Aug → 23:59 Wed 31 Mar 2027 underway until 23:59 Wed 31 Mar 2027

Updated 21:57 Tue 1 Sept

Why M25 traffic news never goes quiet

The Department for Transport counts M25 motorway traffic hour by hour. Their count beside junction 14 shows what every regular M25 driver already suspects — on this motorway there is no quiet time, which is exactly why the latest M25 traffic news today matters more here than on most roads.

14,457

M25 traffic in one hour

vehicles past junction 14 between 7am and 8am, both directions. That is 241 a minute — and any M25 accident or crash in that hour turns into delays within minutes.

12,808

in the quietest hour

and the quietest counted hour on the M25 is midday, not mid-afternoon. This motorway does not have a lull — it has a slightly smaller peak, all day, every day.

12.9%

is the whole spread

between the busiest and quietest hour of the M25 working day. The motorway runs near capacity from breakfast to teatime, so roadworks and closures bite whenever they happen.

11,608

cars at 6pm

The busiest M25 hour for cars is the evening; for lorries it is 11am. Two rush hours, one motorway — and two different kinds of traffic news through the day.

That is why one lane closed on the M25 becomes a queue so quickly, and why it takes so long to clear. There is no spare capacity to absorb an accident and no quiet hour to recover in. It is also why we update this page with the latest M25 traffic news and accident reports for today every few minutes rather than a few times a day — on a motorway this busy, news that is an hour old is not news.

Hourly figures are from the Department for Transport’s own count point beside junction 14, counted on 23 April 2025 and published on 20 May 2026.