Let’s give a round of applause to the National Highways team. These noble souls in orange jumpsuits showed up with shovels, trucks, and the patience of saints. They had to sweep up 20 tonnes of rock, untangle a lorry that looked like a crumpled crisp packet, and check the road surface for damage. It took them the better part of half a day.
Meanwhile, the real drama unfolded in the queue. People started posting videos of themselves doing yoga on the hard shoulder. Others formed impromptu book clubs using only the car manuals from their gloveboxes. One guy allegedly tried to barter a half-eaten sausage roll for a full tank of petrol—he failed, but he did get a bag of crisps.
If you were lucky enough to be on the other side of the closure, you got to witness the glorious sight of a completely empty M25. It’s a rare, beautiful, eerie event—like seeing a unicorn, but with more concrete and fewer rainbows. Some cyclists reportedly snuck onto the deserted tarmac for a quick selfie before getting chased off by a very unamused traffic officer.
A Brief History of M25 Bad Decisions
This isn’t the first time lorries have staged a revolt on this road. In 2026, a lorry carrying butter overturned, turning a stretch of the M25 into the world’s most expensive toast topping. Another time, a load of tomatoes exploded, leading to the UK’s biggest spontaneous ketchup demonstration. Statistically, you are more likely to be delayed by a rogue lorry than by a royal wedding—and that’s saying something.
M25 closed in both directions due to lorry blaze with multiple fire
The M25 is also Europe’s busiest motorway, handling over 15 million trips per week. That’s more traffic than the entire population of the Netherlands drives in a month. So when one lorry says, “I’ve had enough,” fifteen million people suddenly have to find a new hobby.
