ADR danger labels

Extract from the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR 2019) (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.18.VIII.1) (Volume II, section 5.2.2.2.2)
Copyright © United Nations, 2018
Reproduced with the kind permission of the secretariat of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
Label model No. Division or Category Symbol and symbol colour Background Figure in bottom corner (and figure colour) Specimen labels Note
Class 1 hazard: Explosive substances or articles
1 Divisions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Exploding bomb: black Orange 1

(black)
** Place for division – to be left blank if explosive is the subsidiary hazard

* Place for compatibility group – to be left blank if explosive is the subsidiary hazard
1.4 Division 1.4 1.4: black

Numerals shall be about 30 mm in height and be about 5 mm thick (for a label measuring 100 mm × 100 mm)
Orange 1

(black)
* Place for compatibility group
1.5 Division 1.5 1.5: black
Numerals shall be about 30 mm in height and be about 5 mm thick (for a label measuring 100 mm × 100 mm)
Orange 1

(black)
* Place for compatibility group
1.6 Division 1.6 1.6: black

Numerals shall be about 30 mm in height and be about 5 mm thick (for a label measuring 100 mm × 100 mm)
Orange 1

(black)
* Place for compatibility group
Label model No. Division or Category Symbol and symbol colour Background Figure in bottom corner (and figure colour) Specimen labels Note
Class 2 hazard: Gases
2.1 Flammable gases Flame: black or white

(except as provided for in 5.2.2.2.1.6 d)
Red 2

(black or white)

(except as provided for in 5.2.2.2.1.6 d)
-
2.2 Non-flammable, non-toxic gases Gas cylinder: black or white Green 2

(black or white)
-
2.3 Toxic gases Skull and crossbones: black White 2

(black)
-
Label model No. Division or Category Symbol and symbol colour Background Figure in bottom corner (and figure colour) Specimen labels Note
Class 3 hazard: Flammable liquids
3 - Flame: black or white Red 3

(black or white)
-
Label model No. Division or Category Symbol and symbol colour Background Figure in bottom corner (and figure colour) Specimen labels Note
Class 4.1 hazard: Flammable solids, self-reactive substances, polymerizing substances and solid desensitized explosives
4.1 - Flame: black White with 7 vertical red stripes 4

(black)
-
Class 4.2 hazard: Substances liable to spontaneous combustion
4.2 - Flame: black Upper half white, lower half red 4

(black)
-
Class 4.3 hazard: Substances which, in contact with water emit flammable gases
4.3 - Flame: black or white Blue 4

(black or white)
-
Label model No. Division or Category Symbol and symbol colour Background Figure in bottom corner (and figure colour) Specimen labels Note
Class 5.1 hazard: Oxidizing substances
5.1 - Flame over circle: black Yellow 4.1

(black)
-
Class 5.2 hazard: Organic peroxides
5.2 - Flame: black or white Upper half red, lower half yellow 5.2

(black)
-
Label model No. Division or Category Symbol and symbol colour Background Figure in bottom corner (and figure colour) Specimen labels Note
Class 6.1 hazard: Toxic substances
6.1 - Skull and crossbones: black White 6

(black)
-
Class 6.2 hazard: Infectious substances
6.2 - Three crescents superimposed on a circle: black White 6

(black)
The lower half of the label may bear the inscriptions: "INFECTIOUS SUBSTANCE" and
"In the case of damage or leakage immediately notify Public Health Authority" in black colour
Label model No. Division or Category Symbol and symbol colour Background Figure in bottom corner (and figure colour) Specimen labels Note
Class 7 hazard: Radioactive material
7A Category I – WHITE Trefoil: black White 7

(black)
Text (mandatory), black in lower half of label:
"RADIOACTIVE"
"CONTENTS .."
"ACTIVITY ..."

One red vertical bar shall follow the word: "RADIOACTIVE"
7B Category II – YELLOW Trefoil: black Upper half yellow with white border, lower half white 7

(black)
Text (mandatory), black in lower half of label:
"RADIOACTIVE"
"CONTENTS ..."
"ACTIVITY ..."

In a black outlined box:
"TRANSPORT INDEX";

Two red vertical bars shall follow the word: "RADIOACTIVE"
7C Category III – YELLOW Trefoil: black Upper half yellow with white border, lower half white 7

(black)
Text (mandatory), black in lower half of label:
"RADIOACTIVE"
"CONTENTS ..."
"ACTIVITY ..."

In a black outlined box:
"TRANSPORT INDEX";

Three red vertical bars shall follow the word: "RADIOACTIVE"
7E Fissile material White 7

(black)
Text (mandatory): black in upper half of label: "FISSILE";

In a black outlined box in the lower half of label: "CRITICALITY SAFETY INDEX"
Label model No. Division or Category Symbol and symbol colour Background Figure in bottom corner (and figure colour) Specimen labels Note
Class 8 hazard: Corrosive substances
8 - Liquids, spilling from two glass vessels and attacking a hand and a metal: black Upper half white, lower half black with white border 8

(white)
-
Label model No. Division or Category Symbol and symbol colour Background Figure in bottom corner (and figure colour) Specimen labels Note
Class 9 hazard: Miscellaneous dangerous substances and articles, including environmentally hazardous substances
9 - 7 vertical stripes in upper half: black White 9 underlined

(black)
-
9A - 7 vertical stripes in upper half:
black;

battery group, one broken and emitting flame in lower half:
black
White 9 underlined

(black)
-

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