Long tailbacks stretching for 28 miles built up on the anti-clockwise side of the motorway
Parts of the M25 are not expected to reopen until 12:00 BST following a crash in which a lorry went through the central reservation and hit a car.
Several vehicles were caught up in the collision on the motorway between junctions seven with the M23 and eight with the A217 on Friday afternoon.
The motorway, in Surrey, remains shut in both directions.
Three people - the lorry driver and a man and a woman in another car - suffered serious injuries in the crash.
The crash caused the lorry, which went through the central reservation and hit a car on the opposite carriageway, to spill diesel on the anti-clockwise road and shed its load on the clockwise carriageway.
A Nissan Micra car and two other vehicles were also involved in the incident, just after 16:00 BST.
At one point, tailbacks of up to 28 miles were reported.
Overnight, a Highways Agency spokesman said it was still in the process of removing the lorry, which was "in pieces", from the carriageways.
'Very slow'
He said: "As well as the diesel damage on the carriageway, there is gouging so we have to resurface.
"We have a gantry to remove as well.
"We are looking at reopening some lanes but at the moment progress is very slow."
The crash caused stationary traffic on Friday evening to build up between junction 10, at the Wisley Interchange, and the Clacket Lane services - between junctions five and six - on the Kent and Surrey border.
Early on Saturday there were still traffic queues stretching a mile west of junction eight and the Highways Agency warned motorists to expect delays of at least 20 minutes.
Surrey Police urged people to continue avoiding the area for the foreseeable future.
A spokeswoman said: "There are still long tailbacks. Junction 10 has now been reopened."
A police investigation into the cause of the crash has begun.
Several vehicles were caught up in the collision on the motorway between junctions seven with the M23 and eight with the A217 on Friday afternoon.
The motorway, in Surrey, remains shut in both directions.
Three people - the lorry driver and a man and a woman in another car - suffered serious injuries in the crash.
The crash caused the lorry, which went through the central reservation and hit a car on the opposite carriageway, to spill diesel on the anti-clockwise road and shed its load on the clockwise carriageway.
A Nissan Micra car and two other vehicles were also involved in the incident, just after 16:00 BST.
At one point, tailbacks of up to 28 miles were reported.
Overnight, a Highways Agency spokesman said it was still in the process of removing the lorry, which was "in pieces", from the carriageways.
'Very slow'
He said: "As well as the diesel damage on the carriageway, there is gouging so we have to resurface.
"We have a gantry to remove as well.
"We are looking at reopening some lanes but at the moment progress is very slow."
The crash caused stationary traffic on Friday evening to build up between junction 10, at the Wisley Interchange, and the Clacket Lane services - between junctions five and six - on the Kent and Surrey border.
Early on Saturday there were still traffic queues stretching a mile west of junction eight and the Highways Agency warned motorists to expect delays of at least 20 minutes.
Surrey Police urged people to continue avoiding the area for the foreseeable future.
A spokeswoman said: "There are still long tailbacks. Junction 10 has now been reopened."
A police investigation into the cause of the crash has begun.
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