M25 London orbital: how busy it usually is

M25 London orbital is one of the eight commuter corridors UK Live Traffic watches. The Department for Transport counts traffic at 51 points on it; spread over the week with DfT's national hourly pattern, that says how busy it usually is at any hour.

Usual is not live. The live map adds the current disruptions and traffic cameras along the corridor, the buses on it and, with a Darwin key, the trains on the railway beside it: Explore, then Corridors.

Open M25 London orbital on the live map

Roads
M25
Count points
51

How many of the corridor's count points are usually busy or worse

WhenBusy or worseShare
Weekdays 03:000 of 510%
Weekdays 08:0046 of 5190%
Weekdays 12:0024 of 5147%
Weekdays 17:0046 of 5190%
Weekdays 21:000 of 510%
Saturday 12:0046 of 5190%
Sunday 12:0045 of 5188%

Typical for the hour of the week, from traffic counts: not live. The live map has what is happening now.

The busiest count points at the weekday morning peak (08:00)

RoadBetweenVehicles a dayUsually at 08:00
M25A2(T) to A28285,302Very busy
M2514 to LA Boundary212,636Very busy
M2513 to 14209,610Very busy
M2516 to 15208,946Very busy
M256 to LA Boundary120,090Busy

Typical for the hour of the week, from traffic counts: not live. The live map has what is happening now.

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Where the figures come from

  • Road traffic: Department for Transport road traffic counts (Open Government Licence v3.0), spread over the week with DfT's national hourly pattern.