▷ Maintenance of vehicles (transporting dangerous goods)

Vehicles transporting dangerous goods in quantities specified in Part II of the relevant Dangerous Goods Transport Regulations (CN) must be monitored, or may be parked unattended in a guarded warehouse or protected production site. If these conditions cannot be met, the vehicle may be parked in a remote location meeting the requirements of paragraphs (ai), (ii), or (iii) of these Regulations, after appropriate safety measures have been taken.

The parking area described in paragraph (ii) may only be used when the parking area described in paragraph (i) is unavailable. The parking area described in paragraph (iii) may only be used when the parking areas described in paragraphs (i) and (ii) are unavailable.

i) The parking area is monitored by service personnel familiar with the nature of the goods and the driver’s location;

ii) A shared or private parking area where the risk of damage to the dangerous goods transport vehicle from other vehicles is low; or

iii) A sufficiently open space away from public roads and residential areas and generally uninhabited.

Passenger transport

Transport units carrying dangerous substances cannot carry passengers, except for members of the car’s crew.

Use of firefighting equipment

The car crew must be able to use fire safety equipment.

Portable lighting devices

(1) Access to the vehicle with naked flame lighting devices is prohibited. Furthermore, the lighting fixtures used must be free of exposed metal surfaces that could cause sparks.

(2) Entry to closed vehicles carrying liquids with a flash point up to 61°C or flammable substances and articles of class 2, KN 2200 (5) and (7), with any lighting device, with the exception of lighting lamps, designed and constructed in such a way that there is no possibility of ignition of flammable vapors or gases which may have penetrated the interior of the vehicle is prohibited.

Empty tanks

(1) For fixed tanks (tanker), removable tanks and vehicle batteries, see NC 211 177.

(2) For container tanks, see NC 212 177.

Documents required for the transport unit

(1) In addition to documents required under other regulations, the transport unit must contain the following documents:

(a) transport documents in accordance with Annex A KN 2002 (3), (4) and (9) for all dangerous goods transported and, if necessary, a certificate of suitability of the container for cargo in accordance with KN 2008.

b) a copy of the main text of the special contract(s) concluded in accordance with the requirements of KN 2010 and 10 602, if dangerous goods are transported under such contract(s).

(2) If special provisions require it, the transport unit must contain the following documents:

a) certificate for each transport unit or part thereof according to NC 10 282;
b) driver training certificate according to KN 10 315 and Annex B.6;
c) written instructions in accordance with KN 10 385 are given for all transported dangerous substances;
d) transport permit.

Written instructions for the driver

(1) In the event of accidents or other special cases that may occur during the transport of dangerous goods, the driver must receive written instructions in which for each material or product transported

or for the group of dangerous substances presenting the same type of danger to which the transported substance(s) belongs, the following must be indicated:

(a) the name, class and identification number of the material or product, group of materials and, for the load group, the identification numbers of each load to which these instructions are assigned or applicable;

b) the nature of the danger represented by the dangerous substances transported, as well as the measures to be taken and the personal safety measures for the driver;

c) the necessary actions that the driver must take in the event of an accident.

(2) These instructions must be drawn up by the sender, who is responsible for their content. The instructions must be written in a language understandable to the driver, provided that this language is an official language of one of the ADR Contracting Parties.

(3) These instructions must be kept in the driver’s cab.

(4) The instruction, which according to this NC does not correspond to the dangerous goods present in the vehicle, must be kept separately from other documents to avoid confusion.

(5) The carrier is responsible for ensuring that drivers transporting dangerous goods understand and know how to follow these instructions.

(6) In the case of mixed loading of cargoes, including dangerous cargoes forming separate groups of cargoes presenting the same type of hazard, the written instructions may be limited to one instruction for each class of dangerous cargoes carried. In this case it is not necessary to indicate the name of the cargo and its identification number in the written instruction.

(7) These instructions should be drafted as follows:

LOAD – exact chemical name, class, identification number of a substance, product or group of cargoes with the same type of hazard; for a group of cargoes: the identification number of the cargo to which these instructions are intended or apply.

– the description must be limited, for example, to the description of the physical state, color if the substance is not colorless, odor that facilitates identification of the substance in the event of a leak or spill.

NATURE OF THE HAZARDS Brief description of the type of danger:

– main danger;
– additional risks, including potential delayed effects and environmental hazards;
– reactions caused by flame and heat (decomposition, explosion, emission of toxic fumes…).