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M25 traffic at 17:49 on Sunday 18 October: 4 live incidents · 2 closures tonight.
From National Highways' closure report, in their words. Times can change - check before you set off.
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🟢 Clear · 🟡 Delays nearby · 🔴 Severe/Crash · Status labels: 💥 CRASH · ❌ CLOSED · 🐌 SLOW · 🚧 WORKS · ⚠️ HAZARD
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The M25 carries up to 212,636 vehicles a day at its busiest stretch (near J14), including 14,853 HGVs — Britain's busiest motorway. Official Department for Transport counts, 2025.
| Road | Busiest stretch | Vehicles/day | HGVs/day | HGV share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M25 ◀ | near J14 | 212,636 | 14,853 | 7% |
| M6 | J20–J21 | 187,521 | 23,492 | 12.5% |
| M56 | J3–J4 | 179,634 | 7,547 | 4.2% |
| M1 | near J9 | 162,446 | 19,151 | 11.8% |
| M8 | J16–J17 | 158,065 | 7,214 | 4.6% |
| M4 | near J4 | 156,491 | 6,249 | 4% |
Measured from 771 incidents recorded on the M25 since February 2026: the riskiest window is 15:00–18:00, when 26% of incidents start. Right now (17:00) you're inside that window.
| Hour | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 00:00–01:00 | 14 | 1.8% |
| 01:00–02:00 | 11 | 1.4% |
| 02:00–03:00 | 8 | 1% |
| 03:00–04:00 | 10 | 1.3% |
| 04:00–05:00 | 20 | 2.6% |
| 05:00–06:00 | 28 | 3.6% |
| 06:00–07:00 | 27 | 3.5% |
| 07:00–08:00 | 35 | 4.5% |
| 08:00–09:00 | 38 | 4.9% |
| 09:00–10:00 | 46 | 6% |
| 10:00–11:00 | 38 | 4.9% |
| 11:00–12:00 | 32 | 4.2% |
| 12:00–13:00 | 53 | 6.9% |
| 13:00–14:00 | 57 | 7.4% |
| 14:00–15:00 | 41 | 5.3% |
| 15:00–16:00 ◀ peak | 65 | 8.4% |
| 16:00–17:00 ◀ peak | 66 | 8.6% |
| 17:00–18:00 ◀ peak | 70 | 9.1% |
| 18:00–19:00 | 34 | 4.4% |
| 19:00–20:00 | 19 | 2.5% |
| 20:00–21:00 | 19 | 2.5% |
| 21:00–22:00 | 13 | 1.7% |
| 22:00–23:00 | 12 | 1.6% |
| 23:00–00:00 | 15 | 1.9% |
The places people drive to most, the M25 junction for each, and live M25 incidents nearby at 17:49.
Tunnels northbound, bridge southbound; carries around 160,000 vehicles a day
Hosts BTCC and British Superbikes; on the A20, 3 miles from M25 J3
Home of the Derby; crowd capacity of 130,000 including the open Downs
Motoring museum on the old Brooklands track, next to Mercedes-Benz World
About 1.26 million visitors in 2025; reached from the A3 near M25 J10
Hosts the Eclipse Stakes; main car park just off the A307 Portsmouth Road
UK's third most visited theme park; season runs March to November
82,000-capacity rugby stadium; match-day parking must be booked ahead
Boxing Day King George VI Chase; less than a mile from M3 J1
Theme park on the B3022 Windsor–Ascot road, two miles from Windsor town centre
83.9 million passengers in 2024; £7 charge to use terminal drop-off areas
Harry Potter studio tour; free parking, booking confirmation needed at the gate
UK's largest zoo (600 acres); you can drive in for an extra charge
Formerly Paradise Wildlife Park; brown signs from the A10 exit for the A1170
Seafront theme park by Southend Pier; nearest seafront bays fill quickly
About 36 miles from central London; A127 from M25 Junction 29
Signposted from M25 J30 and J31; 11,857 parking spaces
Over 13,000 free parking spaces; around 27 million visitors a year
Based on DfT STATS19 police collision records. The M25 has 2,672 recorded collisions at 35 collision hotspots, involving 4,078 casualties (31 fatal). Take extra care here. Ranked by fatal, then serious collisions, then casualties - not by the number of collisions alone.
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Any M25 closure appears in the live feed above within minutes of National Highways reporting it, including tonight's overnight roadworks closures.
There are currently 4 active incidents on the M25. The live feed above is updated every 5 minutes, 24 hours a day, from National Highways.
The M25 is typically busiest during morning rush hour (07:00–09:30) and evening rush hour (16:00–19:30) on weekdays.
Roadworks and overnight closures on the M25 are listed above and at /traffic/m25/roadworks/, taken from the National Highways daily closure report.
The M25 connects to: M1, M2, M3, M4, M11, M20, M23, M26, M40.
Each side has its own live page: the M25 clockwise and the M25 anticlockwise each list every accident, breakdown, closure and roadworks on that carriageway, updated every 5 minutes, 24 hours a day, from National Highways. The panel at the top of this page shows both sides at a glance.
Official Department for Transport counts (2025) record 212,636 vehicles a day on the M25's busiest stretch (near J14), 14,853 of them HGVs. The full breakdown and comparison chart are in the traffic statistics section above.
Yes. Department for Transport 2025 counts make the M25's busiest stretch (near J14) the highest motorway flow in Britain, at 212,636 vehicles a day.
Measured from 771 incidents recorded on the M25 since February 2026, the riskiest window is 15:00–18:00, when 26% of incidents start. The quietest is 01:00–04:00. Incidents on the M25 typically clear in about 53 minutes.
The Dart Charge for a car is £3.50 per crossing, or £2.80 with a pre-pay account, charged 6am–10pm every day. Crossings between 10pm and 6am are free, and motorcycles are free at all times. Pay at gov.uk by midnight the day after crossing — an unpaid crossing brings a £70 penalty, reduced to £35 if paid within 14 days.
Officially no — the crossing is the A282, linking M25 junction 31 in Essex with junction 1A in Kent. The QE2 Bridge carries clockwise traffic southbound over the Thames and the twin tunnels carry anticlockwise traffic northbound, completing the orbital route.
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