Dangerous goods incident report
When a serious accident or incident happens during loading, filling, carriage or unloading, ADR 1.8.5.1 requires a report to the competent authority within one month, in the form of 1.8.5.4. We provide full support from the day you call — investigate, write, file.
When the report is mandatory
Not every spill is reportable. ADR 1.8.5.3 sets exact criteria — the report is due when at least one of them is met.
Personal injury
A death or an injury directly relating to the goods — intensive medical treatment, a hospital stay of at least one day, or at least three consecutive days off work.
Loss of product
A release of 50 kg or litres for transport categories 0–1, 333 for category 2, 1 000 for categories 3–4 — or an imminent risk of such a loss. For Class 6.2 no threshold applies.
Damage over €50,000
Property or environmental damage above €50,000 — the damaged means of transport and the infrastructure not counted.
Authorities involved
Direct intervention of the authorities or emergency services — with people evacuated or roads closed for at least three hours.
Who must file it
The duty sits with the participant in whose operation it happened — the loader, the filler, the carrier, the unloader or the consignee (1.8.5.1). One month runs from the day of the occurrence.
How we help
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Same-day review
We establish what happened, whether the 1.8.5.3 criteria are met and what must be secured now.
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Investigation and report
The circumstances are investigated — a consultant duty under 1.8.3.3 — and the report is written in the 1.8.5.4 form.
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Filing and prevention
Filed with the competent authority within the month — and the measures against repetition are put in place.
Pricing
For subscribers incident support is part of the service. For everyone else there is a clear one-off price.
One-off incident support
from€200
What is included
- Case review the day you get in touch — the 1.8.5.3 criteria checked.
- Investigation of the circumstances — a consultant duty under 1.8.3.3.
- The report in the 1.8.5.4 form, filed with the authority within the month.
- Measures against repetition, put in place with you.
Prices excl. VAT.
Questions about incident reports
Short answers with the ADR references. If something has already happened — skip the reading and call.
Something has happened?
Contact the consultant nowDoes every spill require a report?
No. The report is due only when the 1.8.5.3 criteria are met — injury, product loss above the category threshold, damage over €50,000 or intervention of the authorities. We check your case against the criteria first.
What is the deadline?
One month from the occurrence — 1.8.5.1 says "at the latest one month after the occurrence". The earlier the case is opened, the easier the facts are to secure.
What happens if we stay silent?
The duty does not expire — it surfaces at the next check, now as a violation. National law adds its own penalties, and the insurer gets an argument against you. Filing on time is by far the cheaper path.
Who receives the report?
The competent authority of the country where it happened. We prepare the report in the 1.8.5.4 form, identify the right authority and file it.
Will the report make the fine worse?
The report is a statutory duty, not a confession — refusing it is itself a violation. A properly investigated case with measures against repetition is the strongest position a company can hold in front of the authority and the insurer.
Something happened on the road or at the ramp?
Write now. We review the case the same working day — whether the report is due, what to secure, and what to do first.