GovWire

If you are involved in the transport of dangerous goods you must report any serious incidents that happen during:

• filling
• loading
• carriage
• unloading

Information you will need to report

To report an incident you will need to tell us:

• the location, date and time that the incident happened
• the dangerous goods that were involved
• what happened before, during and after the incident
• the address of the consignor of the dangerous goods
• any damage or injuries caused

Report a dangerous goods road incident

What is a serious incident?

You can use this form to report any incidents or near misses involving the carriage of dangerous goods.

An incident is classed as serious if any of the following result from it.

Injury or death

If someone dies as a result of the incident or they:

• are unable to work for at least 3 consecutive days
• have to stay in hospital for 1 day or more
• require intensive medical treatment

Material or environmental damage more than 50,000

Where the estimated amount of damage is more than 50,000. This does not include the cost of damage to the vehicle or the transport infrastructure, for example, the road surface.

Authorities involved

An incident is classed as serious if both of the following apply:

• the authorities or emergency services are involved
• people have to be evacuated or public traffic routes (roads/railways) have to be closed for at least 3 hours

Loss of product, or immediate risk of loss

You must report any incident involving infectious substances (class 6.2) or radioactive material (class 7). For other goods, the legal requirement to report depends on:

• the amount of dangerous goods involved
• the transport category that the goods are in

Table showing the amount of dangerous goods required for each transport category

See this table of transport categories for dangerous goods on the HSE website.

Report a rail, air or maritime incident

There are separate forms to report a:

• rail dangerous goods incident
• aviation dangerous goods incident
• maritime dangerous goods incident