ADR speed limits and parking

The transport of dangerous goods is a special kind of transport that carries risks. Depending on the goods carried, some signatory countries of the ADR Agreement impose speed limits on the transport of dangerous goods.

ADR speed limits and parking

The speed limits in each country are published on the official website of the European Commission. They are available for all categories of vehicle and for any type of transport.

https://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/going_abroad/index_en.htm

https://trip.studentnews.eu/s/4086/77068-Heavy-goods-vehicles-over-35-t-standard-speeds-limits-in-Europe.htm

We present the speed limits for the transport of dangerous goods only for those countries that impose a limit different from the usual ones.

Country	In built-up areas	Outside built-up areas	Motorway
Bulgaria	40 km/h	50 km/h	90 km/h
France	–	60 km/h	80 km/h
Romania	40 km/h	70kmh	70 km/h
Spain	50 km/h	60 km/h on roads with a hard shoulder <1.5m 70 km/h on roads with a hard shoulder >1.5m	70 km/h

As regards parking areas that provide safe conditions for certain transports of dangerous goods, more precisely for those dangerous goods for which column (19) of Chapter 3.2 Table A of the ADR Agreement lays down special provision S1, S8, S9,S13-S24, the provisions on stopping and/or parking only in certain areas or parking places must be observed.

Special provisions S14 – up to S24 refer to the conditions for stopping and parking only in parking places and areas that meet the conditions indicated in chapter 8.4 of ADR, and they apply depending on the mode of carriage and the quantity of dangerous goods carried.

The conditions for stopping under Chapter 8.4 of ADR are as follows:

Vehicles must be supervised. They may be parked, unsupervised, in a secure depot or secure factory premises offering all the guarantees of safety.

If such parking facilities are not available, the vehicle may be parked in an isolated position. This must meet the conditions specified in the points below:

• a) A vehicle park supervised by an attendant. The attendant must have been notified of the nature of the load and of the whereabouts of the driver.

• b) A public or private vehicle park. You will make sure that the vehicle is not likely to suffer damage from other vehicles;

• c) A suitable open space, located away from major public roads and from inhabited areas. You will make sure that it does not normally serve as a place where the public passes or assembles.

Important:

• The parking facilities permitted in b) shall be used only if those described in a) are not available!

• Those described in c) shall be used only if those described in a) and b) are not available.

The meaning of the “S” special provisions

S1 – The requirements of chapter 8.4 shall be applied only when substances and articles of Class 1 having a total net mass of explosive substance above the limits set below are carried in a vehicle:

• Division 1.1: 0 kg
• Division 1.2: 0 kg
• Division 1.3, compatibility group C: 0 kg
• Division 1.3, other than compatibility group C: 50 kg
• Division 1.4, other than those listed below: 50 kg
• Division 1.5: 0 kg
• Division 1.6: 50 kg

Substances and articles of Division 1.4 belonging to UN Nos. 0104, 0237,0255, 0267, 0289, 0361, 0365, 0366, 0440, 0441, 0455, 0456 and 0500: 0 kg

For mixed loads, the lowest limit applicable to any of the substances or articles carried shall be used for the load as a whole.

In addition, these substances and articles, when subject to the provisions of 1.10.3, shall be supervised at all times, in accordance with the security plan referred to in 1.10.3.2, in order to prevent any malicious act, and the driver and the competent authorities must be alerted in the event of their loss or in the event of fire.

Empty uncleaned packagings are exempted.

S8 – When a transport unit is loaded with more than 2000 kg of these substances, stops for service requirements during carriage shall, as far as possible, not be made near inhabited places or places frequented by the public. A stop near such places may be prolonged only with the agreement of the competent authorities.

S9 – During the carriage of this substance, stops for service requirements shall, as far as possible, not be made near inhabited places or places frequented by the public. A stop near such places may be prolonged only with the agreement of the competent authorities.

S14 – The provisions of chapter 8.4 concerning the supervision of vehicles shall apply to vehicles carrying any amount of these substances.

S15 – The provisions of chapter 8.4 concerning the supervision of vehicles shall apply to vehicles carrying any amount of these substances. However, the provisions of chapter 8.4 need not be applied where the loaded compartment is locked and the packages carried are otherwise protected against any illicit unloading.

S16 – The provisions of chapter 8.4 concerning the supervision of vehicles shall apply when the total mass of the substances in the vehicle exceeds 500 kg.

In addition, vehicles carrying more than 500 kg of these goods, when subject to the provisions of 1.10.3 (they are high consequence dangerous goods), shall be supervised at all times, in accordance with the plan referred to in 1.10.3.2 (the security plan drawn up by the company's management), in order to prevent any malicious act, and the driver and the competent authorities must be alerted in the event of their loss or in the event of fire.

S17 – The provisions of chapter 8.4 concerning the supervision of vehicles shall apply when the total mass of that substance in the vehicle exceeds 1000 kg.

S18 – The provisions of chapter 8.4 concerning the supervision of vehicles shall apply when the total mass of the substance in the vehicle exceeds 2000 kg.

S19 – The provisions of chapter 8.4 concerning the supervision of vehicles shall apply when the total mass of that substance in the vehicle exceeds 5000 kg.

S20 – The provisions of chapter 8.4 concerning the supervision of vehicles shall apply when the total mass or volume of these substances in the vehicle exceeds 10000 kg as packaged goods or 3000 litres in tanks.

S21 – The provisions of chapter 8.4 concerning the supervision of vehicles shall apply to all substances, whatever their mass. However, the provisions of chapter 8.4 need not be applied where:

• the loaded compartment is locked, or the packages carried are otherwise protected against any illicit unloading; and

• the dose rate does not exceed 5 ⊃Sv/h at any accessible point on the surface of the vehicle.

In addition, these goods, when subject to the provisions of 1.10.3 (they are high consequence dangerous goods), shall be supervised at all times. This must be done in accordance with the plan referred to in 1.10.3.2 (the security plan drawn up by the company's management). Supervision is necessary in order to prevent any malicious act. The driver and the competent authorities must be alerted in the event of their loss or in the event of fire.

S22 – The provisions of chapter 8.4 concerning the supervision of vehicles shall apply when the total mass or volume of these substances in the vehicle exceeds 5000 kg as packaged goods or more than 3000 litres in tanks.

S23 – The provisions of chapter 8.4 concerning the supervision of vehicles shall apply when this substance is carried in bulk or in tanks. They also apply when the total mass or volume in the vehicle exceeds 3000 kg or 3000 litres.

S24 – The provisions of chapter 8.4 concerning the supervision of vehicles shall apply when the total mass of these substances in the vehicle exceeds 100 kg.

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