{"id":443308,"date":"2026-02-24T17:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/443308\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T17:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:11:08","slug":"m25-traffic-live-chaos-as-all-lanes-closed-on-major-motorway-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/443308\/","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>THIS IS A LIVE BLOG. FOLLOW OUR COVERAGE BELOW.<\/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":443309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,20168,50,1561,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-443308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-m25","tag-news","tag-traffic-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}