Transporting dangerous goods: ADR tunnel categories
This
Categories guide provides ADR tunnel categories for 9 tunnels in Great Britain when drivers are transporting dangerous goods.
- From:
- Department for Transport
- Published
- 1 January 2010
- Last updated
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247JulyMarch20242025 — See all updates
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MoreCategory informationE onmarked transportingtunnels are considered to be high risk, which means very few dangerous goods canare allowed to be foundtransported onthrough DfT’sthem.
This website.guide lists the tunnels and gives their category.
Updates to this page
Published 1 January 2010
Last updated 247 JulyMarch 2024
2025
+ show all updates
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Silvertown Tunnel under the River Thames is due to open 7 April 2025.
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Tyne Tunnel changed from ADR category D to category C.
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First published.
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TheTunnels Departmentin forGreat TransportBritain (DfT)are hasgiven publisheda itscategory ADRfrom tunnelA categoriesto whichE indicateto control the restrictionstransport thatof applydangerous togoods 9through tunnelsthem.
Category inA Greattunnels Britain.are Theyconsidered relatelow torisk thewhich typesmeans ofthere dangerousare goodsno whichrestrictions youwhen cantransporting transportdangerous goods through them.
MoreCategory informationE onmarked transportingtunnels are considered to be high risk, which means very few dangerous goods canare allowed to be foundtransported onthrough DfT’sthem.
This website.guide lists the tunnels and gives their category.
Updates to this page
Last updated
-
Silvertown Tunnel under the River Thames is due to open 7 April 2025.
-
Tyne Tunnel changed from ADR category D to category C.
-
First published.