{"id":35408,"date":"2026-05-13T12:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/35408\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T12:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:06:19","slug":"delays-on-m25-anticlockwise-in-swanley-after-multi-vehicle-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/35408\/","title":{"rendered":"Delays on M25 anticlockwise in Swanley after multi-vehicle crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are delays on the M25 following a multi-vehicle crash that shut three lanes.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers heading towards the Dartford Crossing are hitting queues anticlockwise due to the collision near the Darenth Interchange.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 528 342\" alt=\"Queues on the M25 anticlockwise due to a crash near the Darenth Interchange. Picture: National Highways\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"UN9L2RD8XXZ73ZSAWG1J.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.54\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/UN9L2RD8XXZ73ZSAWG1J.jpg\" alt=\"Queues on the M25 anticlockwise due to a crash near the Darenth Interchange. Picture: National Highways\"\/>Queues on the M25 anticlockwise due to a crash near the Darenth Interchange. Picture: National Highways<\/p>\n<p>Traffic information site Inrix reported that two cars and a lorry were involved.<\/p>\n<p>At around 7.40am, a National Highways spokesperson said on X: \u201cThree lanes (of four) are closed on the M25 anti-clockwise at J3 and J2 near Swanley following a multi-vehicle collision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKent Police and Kent Fire and Rescue Service are on scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are delays of 30 minutes and three miles of congestion for those heading towards the Dartford Crossing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an update at 11.40am all lanes were confirmed open with recovery completed.<\/p>\n<p>National Highways says residual delays of 10 minutes above expected journey times remain.<\/p>\n<p>A police spokesman said this morning: \u201cWe are attending a report of a collision involving four vehicles on the northbound carriageway of the M25 just before junction 3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOfficers were called to the scene at 7.03am today, along with other emergency services. A man has reported injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWork is ongoing to clear the vehicles from the road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Listen to kmfm for travel updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are delays on the M25 following a multi-vehicle crash that shut three lanes. Drivers heading towards the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1849,1085,309,608,5,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-35408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-accidents","9":"tag-dartford","10":"tag-kent","11":"tag-traffic-and-travel","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116567184700685883","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}