A motorcyclist has suffered serious injuries in a crash involving a car on the M25 this morning (Friday, May 24). The anticlockwise route near Junction 26 for Waltham Abbey has now reopened after lanes were blocked off for two hours.
Drivers are continuing to face long M25 delays due to the congestion. According to traffic monitoring site INRIX, queues are stretching back to Junction 27.
With today being the start of the long weekend, drivers are being warned over congestion ahead of what is expected to be the busiest late May bank holiday weekend on the roads since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Motoring services company the RAC predicted more than 20 million leisure trips by car will be made between Friday and bank holiday Monday.
That would be the most for the late May bank holiday weekend since 2019. The worst day to travel is likely to be Friday, as the start of the long weekend coincides with the beginning of half-term for many schools.
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