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M25 J3 at 14:13 on Wednesday 14 October: part closure planned from 22:00.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Swanley, Orpington, Dartford, Wrotham.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 815 collisions are on record, 16 of them fatal. That figure follows how built-up the area is, so it is shown for context and is not what the ranking uses.
Department for Transport STATS19 police collision records on the M25 itself, within 2 miles of J3. This is the free summary — the full breakdown by severity, weather, road surface, time of day and individual record is in the blackspot report.
📊 Full collision analysis for M25 J3 → 12 of 33 junctions on the M25 · see where it ranks nationallyM25 J3 is at Swanley & Farningham. National Highways signs it as Swanley M20. The nearest town is Swanley.
No — as of 14:13 National Highways list nothing at M25 J3. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
Not right now. Planned: M25 Clockwise Jct 16 to M40 Eastbound and Westbound Jct 1A Link Road Closure, from 22:00 until 05:30 Thu 15 Oct.
Police STATS19 records show 77 collisions on the M25 within 2 miles of J3, including 1 fatal and 15 serious. Counting every road in the area, 815 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 77 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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