{"id":786231,"date":"2026-02-24T17:07:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/786231\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T17:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:07:13","slug":"m25-traffic-live-chaos-as-all-lanes-closed-on-major-motorway-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/786231\/","title":{"rendered":"M25 traffic LIVE: Chaos as all lanes closed on major motorway | UK | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers on a major <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Motorway\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/motorway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">motorway<\/a> are facing long delays as all lanes have been closed in both directions along the <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"M25\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/m25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">M25<\/a> between J28 (Brentwood) and J27 (M11).<\/p>\n<p>The crash, which occurred anti-clockwise, has resulted in extensive barrier damage and has also taken out a power line which requires immediate attendance by engineers across both carriageways to make safe. The collision involved two lorries.<\/p>\n<p>One of the lorries involved in the collision has come to rest down the nearside embankment. 14 properties in the area are without power as a result of the crash on the anticlockwise carriageway.<\/p>\n<p>There are severe delays of an hour. Emergency crews, including Essex Police, have raced to the scene after the crash.<\/p>\n<p><strong>THIS IS A LIVE BLOG. FOLLOW OUR COVERAGE BELOW.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drivers on a major motorway are facing long delays as all lanes have been closed in both directions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[8087,12,8089,16,15],"class_list":["post-786231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uk","category-united-kingdom","tag-m25","tag-news","tag-traffic-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116126708260450870","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}