Holy Island Causeway Driving Disasters

Planning a visit to Holy Island over the summer? Don’t get caught out by the tide like these drivers!
The popular Northumberland tourist destination is a notorious blackspot for emergency rescues, as motorists become stranded on the causeway by rising waters, often having to be rescued by the Coastguard and RNLI.
Be sure to plan your visit around the safe crossing times, which are displayed on both sides of the causeway and around the Island, as well as on the Northumberland County Council Website.

[@helenfrew2319]

I was there on the 24th of October it is so easy to check the tide times and it is also on a light board near the causeway,it is unbelievable that people ignore this.

[@StamfordBridge]

I visited from abroad and checked the timing of my visit with the tides online many months in advance.

[@pc750-V4]

I dont think its unbelievable at all, when faced with quite a few hours stuck on the island the average person will think 'I will make it' especially when the tide is in the early stages of covering the causeway (which is essentially when most of these happens) Its still stupid behaviour but not unbelievable.

[@helenfrew2319]

@@pc750-V4 You may not find it unbelievable Peter but I do not only because they might end up being stranded but then they have to be rescued. We had loads of time to see the island between tides so I don't understand why people have to take the risk,and even at the tide's early stages the corrosive salt water is not doing the car any good.

[@pc750-V4]

​@@helenfrew2319I think you have more faith in the sensible behaviour of the human race than you should have 😂. People do stupid things all the time that's why I find this sort of thing more believable than unbelievable, its sad but true 😒

[@helenfrew2319]

@@pc750-V4 Not when Mother Nature is on the move, that I do find unbelievable.

[@philsteele7151]

Its not fresh water, so even when you have made it across chances are the bottom of your car is going to rot out in six months, never buy a used car from around there.

[@MrFrog_]

Just checked a cars reg who was driving through there, 'Front subframe corroded' 🤣🤣

[@ramdas363]

As if those drivers are locals.

[@tonypaddler]

​@@ramdas363 indeed, none of them will be.

[@russellbaston974]

“Around there-“ they’re aware of the tidal situation, including how fast it comes in.

[@Jones-xx2gc]

Wont be locals.

[@xr6lad]

I’m surprised they just don’t have automatic barriers come down at set times. And stop people crossing.

[@andrewmonument8847]

I suppose it all comes down to cost. They'd either need electronic gates remotely monitored - or manually-operated ones by (perhaps) volunteers.

[@TPT6148]

I remember saying to the barman at the Ship that it would make an interesting insurance claim - he informed me that your insurers wouldn't pay out as you'd intentionally driven into the North Sea!

[@althejazzman]

They give you all the information and warnings you need, and yet still people ignore it.

[@JosLewisCarpenter]

And we supposedly evolved from primates to be smarter than them???

[@TheBrierose]

We have a saying in Australia "If it's flooded, forget it!"

[@DuncanJimmy]

Also worth mentioning how horrifically bad seawater is for cars. Even if you make it across through the water, you're going to have to intensely clean anything and everything that made contact with the water to prevent rust and corrosion - often including the axles and transmission. So even if you make it across like those two SUVs in the video, you'll have a massive headache waiting for you upon arriving home.

[@VehiclesvsfordDEEP]

What amazing view. And do magnificent scenery ❤

[@TheFlyingBusman]

When stupid and water meet! These people are the same people that will continue through railway crossings when the lights flash or tear through traffic lights on amber.

[@dieselfan7406]

£1,000 fine and six points should start persuading these morons to read the signs.

[@paulr7547]

That salt water will really help shorten the life of those cars and trucks

[@ExecutionSommaire]

Last clip encourages us to give it a try, looks fun!

[@nigelbevan8449]

Yeah, give it a go bud.... But can we all laugh at you when you get cut off by the tide in your Audi?

[@joboilibres9593]

Ill cheer for u

[@lindsaypeterholden2701]

knob !!!!

[@oddities-whatnot]

I went once but didn’t manage to cross because the tide was coming in. Sunderland point near Morecambe is another tidal road. Ive been there a few times as its not too far from me and the danger there is the tide comes in at various inlets, you can easily get cut off half a mile behind without realising. That nearly happened once, I was in a little Suzuki Celerio, went with my girlfriend and were taking photos etc, saw the water coming in and turned round to head back and was faced with a lot of water in front and the road covered. I had no idea how deep it was but had to carry on, luckily not up to my bonnet and got through. Next time I went in a Subaru Outback. Drove down the road while the tide was still partially in. You have marker posts at either side of the road to show approximately where the road is but before you get to the beach at the far end, the posts and the road run out and you are basically faced with the open sea in front ! Bit nerve racking, I had no idea what was under the water. Good choice of car for that 👍

[@dalesmth1]

In most parts of the world, we build causeways *above* the water.

[@JakobusVdL]

you feel entitled to speak for 'most parts of the world'?

[@dalesmth1]

@@JakobusVdL I do.

[@JakobusVdL]

@@dalesmth1 you'd better get yourself better informed in that case

[@dalesmth1]

@@JakobusVdL I’m a Civil Engineer. Your move.

[@JakobusVdL]

@@dalesmth1 i'm a civil engineer too

[@garymitchell8394]

Time and tide wait for no-one 😆

[@Chichilovee]

I have a coffee cup that says that 😊

[@jamesgizasson]

"Time and Tide" by Alan Price intensifies. :3

[@17clon2cwr]

Maybe I’m missing something but I don’t get it, why not just build the road structure like 15 feet higher to counteract the fluctuating tide problems? I’m even more confused how the road was built/up-kept in the first place if the tide rises twice a day every day like that.

[@pc750-V4]

So easily confused...

[@gerardmackay8909]

You mean build an ugly intrusive bridge to an island inhabited by a couple of dozen people in an area of outstanding natural beauty. I spent my childhood summers in that part of England and it was idyllic. We made that journey many times over the years and at the start of both ends of the causeway you are warned against crossing when the sea has reached a certain point. You can’t commission a multi million pound, wholly unnecessary infrastructure project, for the sake of saving a few people and their cars from their own stupidity.

[@th3w0wnub]

because it's cool

[@peeet]

I like the drone footage. Need one where the car stops, the driver gets out and opens the bonnet in a foot of water and scratches his head!

[@aussie807]

why dont the council install a boom gate that is automated based on safe times? Save idiots from themselves and alleviate liability for the council

[@Joe-lb8qn]

NIce Whats the range on the drone? And does it store the footage on board or stream it back for recording?

[@Luke-nw5zt]

First and only time ive seen a seal was on this strip of road, will never forger it

[@rowgli]

That would be an unusual and upsetting roadkill

[@ashleybaker4974]

I have nightmares about driving on roads like this, then driving off the road into the water. No thanks😅

[@smogmonster1876]

It’s completely fine and well out of the water. If you cross when it’s safe to cross. I wish KZbin allowed you to post pictures and replies because I have driven across the causeway when the tide is completely out and you wouldn’t know that the land becomes completely submerged if it wasn’t for all of the signs, telling you it does. Honestly if you cross during the safe times it is perfectly safe and if you did run off the road, you would just run onto sand and dunes asfar as the eye can see.

[@longbar2344]

feel abit ripped off. only two clips

[@stevegordon5689]

Its almost like a convention for 🔔end drivers!

[@latishaosullivan5912]

Was there last month,you have to be stupid to drive when the water is starting to cover the road surface! Tide times are readily available and just by looking you can judge if it’s safe or not! Some people are impatient! We was waiting for the tide to go back out at a specific safe crossing time but you had chancers pushing forward in their big cars!

[@geoffreywilliams9324]

People continue to take risks with their loves . .

[@jimmythepirate494]

Don't do this an an EV unless you want to see a chemical reaction fire caused by lithium reacting to salt water lol!

[@mitchymitchfootball]

Im at seahouses now and someone had yo be rescued from the water

[@treefarm3288]

They need signs that show the day's tide times beside the actual time.

[@Jones-xx2gc]

It's not as though there are not enough warnings signs or information.

[@London_Views]

I went today

[@sbrecke1507]

Hell to the no!

[@Pje3ski]

Even though they made it they ruined their vehicles. Turned them into rust buckets.

[@marieascot]

This is my trip across the causeway, the island has more scenery. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3XdnGyNqZKWntk

[@santorini8423]

The UK produces a serious amount of 🤡 then gives them a driving licence

[@bernardwallace4165]

When an Uber becomes an Unter.

[@chrishartman9467]

its time for a new higher bridge but hey money is tight

[@adienowed6366]

For heavens sake peoples,if you want to go boating,then buy a bloody boat in the first place!

[@flesz_]

I have amphibia so no problems for me

[@benwilliams11]

THINK! Ignorance Kills!

[@serenaferrari7715]

For me people doesn’t should be saved 😡

[@lmtt123]

Drivers are like dog owners, it will never happen to them

[@jackwatsonepic626]

Beauties come to mind

[@marksanderson5664]

Wasting RNLI time and money

[@mikekennedy4572]

Dumb people or perhaps the vehicles are old and about to be sold anyway. The salt water will eat up all the metal in time.

[@GhostOfJulesVerne]

Why don't they just raise the road a little bit?

[@twistedsister2568]

A little bit? It’s the sea not a river

[@peeet]

Several metres...

[@patriciatusay1768]

🙄

[@leeosborne3793]

Epic stupidity.

[@mochi269]

And they don't want to built a bridge???

[@RushfanUK]

Who's going to pay for a bridge and it's maintenance?

[@royfearn4345]

Crossing the causeway at the right time is a great thrill, especially for the kids, for whom the excitement knows no bounds!

[@amyw6808]

No need. The tide times are posted everywhere and online. It’s quite hard to get stuck!

[@anthonyhawes7455]

It’ll just be a bridge that costs millions of pounds from nowhere to nowhere

[@SmokingLaddy]

Only 160 people live there, the current solution works fine.

[@philiptaylor3568]

Need to fine the idiots

[@hafizsirajkumar7927]

Like France

[@johnross7630]

Some people are not piss wise!!

[@a.h.s5152]

They should make that road into a bridge 🌉 so they won't have to drive through tide water.