Transport of dangerous goods (ADR)
Vehicles carrying dangerous goods (ADR) by road have their own periodicity regarding inspections:
- Tractor and container carrier vehicle: annual inspection.
- Tank truck, removable tank, and tank vehicle: project review, supervision during manufacturing, initial inspection, annual inspection, and an inspection every 3 years, and 6 years.
- Iso-container and tank container: project review, supervision during manufacturing, initial inspection, annual inspection, and an inspection every two and a half years, and 5 years.
ADR applies for vehicles that transport dangerous goods defined on the charts A and B of the ADR and these are classified as follows:
- Explosive substances, objects, gases, and flammable liquids.
- Flammable solids.
- Self-reactive substances and solid desensitised explosives.
- Substances liable to spontaneous combustion.
- Substances that, when in contact with water, emit flammable gases.
- Oxidising substances.
- Organic peroxides.
- Toxic, infectious, radioactive and corrosive substances.
- Diverse dangerous materials and objects.
Applicable regulation
Regulated by the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR).
