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M25 Fire and Multiple M62, M5 Crashes Bring Severe Rush‑Hour Delays Across UK Motorways

Clean-up after the M25 vehicle fire is holding one lane closed with long queues toward Heathrow.

Overview

  • On the M25 clockwise between J16 and J17, recovery is complete with lane three reopened and lane four closed for clean-up after a collision and vehicle fire, with Thames Valley Police at the scene.
  • Queues on the M25 stretch about nine miles with delays near 90 minutes back to J14 by Heathrow, and National Highways is urging extra travel time.
  • Separate crashes on the M62 have traffic held eastbound from J21 to J22 and one westbound lane closed between J24 and J23, creating long stationary queues.
  • An earlier three-vehicle M62 collision between J24 and J25 was cleared on Sunday evening, though lengthy residual delays continued.
  • On the M5, the Avonmouth Bridge southbound has one lane still closed after an overturned car with around 50-minute delays, and the southbound J12 entry slip is shut following a crash.