{"id":501031,"date":"2026-03-29T01:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T01:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/501031\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T01:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T01:26:12","slug":"a9-closed-in-both-directions-and-diversions-in-place-after-crash-near-kingussie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/501031\/","title":{"rendered":"A9 closed in both directions and diversions in place after crash near Kingussie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The A9 has reopened after a nearly four-hour long closure, following a crash near Kingussie. <\/p>\n<p>The collision was reported at around 2.24pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Perth to Inverness road was closed in both directions, and drivers were advised to avoid the area until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>At around 6.12pm on Saturday, Traffic Scotland confirmed the road had reopened.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CLEAR\u2705 \u231a\ufe0f 18:12<br \/>\ud83d\udee3\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/A9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#A9<\/a> Both Directions at Kingussie<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/A9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#A9<\/a> is now OPEN Both Directions at Kingussie, following the earlier incident. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude97Drivers should continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TakeCare?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#TakeCare<\/a> when passing the area<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWTrunkRoads?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@NWTrunkRoads<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trafficscotland\/status\/2037956364287246375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 28, 2026<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the second crash on the road reported in as many days \u2013 on Friday, four people were taken to hospital after multiple cars were involved in a collision.<\/p>\n<p>Officers were called to the scene on the A9 between Dalwhinnie and Newtonmore at around 2.50pm.<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The A9 has reopened after a nearly four-hour long closure, following a crash near Kingussie. The collision was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-501031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}