Using our load hazard symbols
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• Replying in the Commons to a string of questions from MPs anxious to see a speed-up of Government plans to reduce the hazards of road transport of dangerous and inflammable substances, Mr David Lane, Under-Secretary at the Home Office, told Members that on July 1 the European Agreement concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods would be amended to provide a uniform system of labelling symbols consistent with those already adopted in this country.
Mr Lane also said that the existing UK regulations relating to the conveyance of petroleum spirit by road were being revised. Those for other inflammable liquids and corrosive substances were being extended to govern the construction and operation of vehicles. Similar regulations would subsequently be made for organic peroxides and other classes of dangerous chemicals.
Four people died last year as the result of road accidents involving the spillage of dangerous substances, said Mr Lane.