M25 traffic LIVE: Motorway closed after serious collision as 999 crew swarm

LiveM25 traffic LIVE: Motorway closed after serious collision as 999 crew swarmA stretch of the M25 in Essex has been closed in both directions after a serious collisionTraffic has come to a standstill on a stretch of the M25 (Image: National Highways)Key EventsCrash took place in EssexByEliana NunesNews ReporterUpdated23:02, 3 Apr 2026|comments{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "LiveBlogPosting", "datePublished": "2026-04-03T22:02:04Z", "dateModified": "2026-04-03T22:02:04Z", "url": "https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/m25-traffic-live-motorway-closed-36967914", "headline": "M25 traffic LIVE: Motorway closed after serious collision as 999 crew swarm", "description": "A stretch of the M25 in Essex has been closed in both directions after a serious collision", "mainEntityOfPage": { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/m25-traffic-live-motorway-closed-36967914" }, "coverageStartTime": "2026-04-03T21:54:13Z", "keywords": "Breaking News, Motorways", "publisher": {"@type":"Organization","name":"mirror","url":"https://www.mirror.co.uk/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/trinity-images/logos/mirror.png","width":219,"height":60}}, "author": [{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Nunes","sameAs":"https://www.mirror.co.uk/authors/eliana-nunes/"}], "image": {"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article36967919.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/1_Screenshot-2026-04-03-at-224422.jpg","width":615,"height":409}, "liveBlogUpdate": [{"@type":"BlogPosting","headline":"M25 closed in both directions due to 'serious' crash","url":"https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/m25-traffic-live-motorway-closed-36967914#887793","datePublished":"2026-04-03T22:02:04.769Z","dateModified":"2026-04-03T22:02:04.769Z","articleBody":"National Highways has said on X that the M25 is closed in both directions due to a "serious collison". Emergency services are on scene. ","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eli...