M25 | Essex | Anti-Clockwise | Traffic Collision | Severe Delays

Severe delays on the M25 anti-clockwise in Essex this morning. Traffic was held between J27 (M11) and J26 (Waltham Abbey, A121), emergency services and Traffic Officers dealt with a traffic collision and clearing a number of vehicles from the carriageway. Essex Police also carried out investigation work at scene. Delays of at least 90 minutes above normal travel time, spanning over 8 miles back towards J28 (Chelmsford, A12).

Traffic has now been released in all lanes, however delays will still take a while to ease.

If planning to travel through this section of our network, you may wish to consider delaying or altering your journey. Variable Message Signs are set across our network advising of the delays.

Further incident information is available from Highways England by visiting our www.trafficengland.com website and travel apps, or via our @HighwaysEAST regional Twitter feed. For urgent real time assistance, our 24/7 Customer Contact Centre is able to provide up to the minute information on 03001235000.

Last updated on: 16/08/2019 07:43