Welcome to M25 Traffic
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But our numbers are not the interesting ones. The road’s are. Scroll down for what the M25 actually carries every day, straight from the Department for Transport’s own count points — and the live news in between.
M25 Traffic is dedicated to featuring the latest M25 traffic news and updates for today. Information about incidents and accidents on the M25, updates about M25 roadworks and other information about the M25 motorway.
The M25 Traffic website is completely free to use and requires no registration to find and view all the latest M25 motorway news.
Be safe, don't drink and drive.
Tailgating and bunching simply causes traffic jams and slows everyone down around the M25 motorway! Keeping a safe reasonable distance and being considerate to other drivers actually keeps the traffic flowing faster and helps reduce accidents. That is one of the reasons the variable speed limits were introduced on the M25.
Need fuel, food or a break? If you are looking for the service stations around the M25 take a look at our maps section and the "where are the motorway services on the M25" pages.
On our M25 Traffic search page you can search all todays traffic news for the M25 motorway.
You can also fine tune your M25 search to your exact phrase, combination of all words or any words in your traffic search criteria, such as junction numbers, and direction of traffic flow.
Give it a try.. Go to the search page where to can type in the junction etc you want to search for, e.g. J9, or try typing congestion and click search...
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M25 News and M25 Motorway Information Are Our Speciality
We also have dedicated sections and pages about, incidents, roadworks and maps of the M25 motorway.
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Latest accident or incident on the M25
The most recent accident or incident on the M25 that we are aware of.
M25 Clockwise Jct 25 exit slip road lane closure
01:2324 Aug 2026reported 3 hr ago
- Location
- M25 J25 clockwise exit
- Direction
- Clockwise
- Lanes closed
- Slip road closed
- Reason
- Road marking
- Schedule
- 22:30 Sun 23 Aug → 05:30 Mon 24 Aug
Latest active roadworks on the M25
Roadworks live on the M25 right now.
A282 Northbound Dartford Crossing East Tunnel closure No access over Dartford Crossing for vehicles over 4.8m
01:2324 Aug 2026reported 3 hr ago
- Location
- A282 northbound Dartford Crossing
- Direction
- Northbound
- Lanes closed
- Carriageway closed
- Reason
- Maintenance work
- Schedule
- 22:30 Sun 23 Aug → 05:30 Mon 24 Aug
Latest planned roadworks on the M25
The next planned roadworks scheduled on the M25.
M25 Clockwise Jct 20 exit slip road lane 1 closure
01:2424 Aug 2026reported 3 hr ago
- Location
- M25 J20 clockwise exit
- Direction
- Clockwise
- Lanes closed
- Slip road closed
- Reason
- Other
- Schedule
- 22:00 Mon 24 Aug → 05:30 Tue 25 Aug
Forecast - not confirmed
+ 15 more planned roadworks - search all M25 traffic news →
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Updated 04:27 Mon 24 Aug
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Avoid M25 Incidents
Our aim is to feature all the current accidents and incidents on the M25 so that you are more aware of the incidents that could affect your journey
Authorative M25 Info
Our M25 news is sourced from legitimate authorative sources such as Traffic England (formally the Highways Agency) and Google Maps for live and accurate information for today
Responsive
Mobile friendly web design to make it easier to find and view traffic news when you are mobile, home or office. Currently approx. 35% of users view our site using iPhones, 12% iPads, 31% Windows PC and rest Android and other devices
M25 Roadworks
We also feature planned and current roadworks around the M25 with the aim of trying to help you avoid them
The M25 in numbers — the busiest road in Britain
Not a figure of speech. When the Department for Transport counted every stretch of road in Great Britain in 2025, the three busiest were all on the M25 motorway.
No. 1
busiest road in Britain
The M25 between junction 14 and the Heathrow boundary carries more traffic than any other stretch of road in Great Britain. Second and third busiest are also the M25, at J13–14 and J15–16.
212,636
M25 vehicles a day
on that busiest stretch — roughly 147 every minute, around the clock, every day of the year. Fourth busiest in Britain is the M60, and we cover that motorway too at M60Traffic.co.uk.
28,211
M25 lorries a day
past junction 30 on the run to the Dartford Crossing. On that stretch more than one vehicle in five is an HGV — the heaviest freight traffic anywhere on the M25 motorway.
1 in 6
M25 vehicles is a van
35,831 light goods vehicles a day share the busiest stretch with you. Add the lorries and almost a quarter of the M25 is somebody at work.
That is why an M25 accident or crash does not stay in one place. A lane shut at junction 15 at seven in the morning is a queue at junction 12 by half past — and the traffic looking for a way round it is on the A roads either side within the hour. It is also why we update the latest M25 traffic news on this website every few minutes rather than a few times a day.
Rankings and traffic figures are Average Annual Daily Flow for 2025, from Department for Transport road traffic statistics published on 20 May 2026, comparing every count point in Great Britain.