§ 15

Dangerous goods: 1,000 point rule (ADR 1.1.3.6)

Can the load travel under the 1,000-point exemption, and how much more dangerous goods can come with?

Answer: When a car is fetched or sent from a terminal with a bit of dangerous goods mixed with ordinary goods, it can often run without orange signs and without ADR license for the driver. This is decided by ADR's 1,000-point rule. Each substance has a transport category, which is in column 15 in ADR's table A (and usually on the transport document). Category 1 amount is multiplied by 50, category 2 by 3 and category 3 by 1. Category 4 gives 0 points and may always go with. If the sum is at most 1,000 the load can run under the exemption. The calculator only works out the point sum from the quantities you enter.

Formula

Point = kategori 1 × 50 + kategori 2 × 3 + kategori 3 × 1 (kategori 4 giver 0 point)

The quantity is net mass in kg for solids and liquefied gases, nominal volume in litres for liquids, and gross mass in kg for items (e.g. batteries)

Exemption applies when sum is maximum 1,000 points. Category 0 may never drive under exemption

Eksempel: 150 L i kategori 2 og 300 L i kategori 3 = 450 + 300 = 750 point

Symbols and units in the formula
Symbol	Meaning	Unit
kat1	Amount in transport category 1	kg el. L
kat2	Amount in transport category 2	kg el. L
kat3	Amount in transport category 3	kg el. L
=	Total points	point
=	Points back to the 1,000 limit	point
=	Category 3 goods that can still come with	kg el. L
=	Category 2 goods that can still come with	kg el. L

Validity and source

Source: ADR 2025, afsnit 1.1.3.6.3 og 1.1.3.6.4

Does not apply when

Exemption does not remove everything: transport document at least one 2 kg powder extinguisher packaging and labelling of parcels and instruction according to chapter 1.3 still apply. Transport category is looked up in ADR table A column 15 for that UN number and packaging group. Always check with company safety adviser for dangerous goods.

Worked example

The calculator's own default values inserted. The figures are calculated with exactly the formula the tool uses.

Substituted

Amount in transport category 10 kg el. L
Amount in transport category 2150 kg el. L
Amount in transport category 3300 kg el. L

Giver

Total points750 point
Points back to the 1,000 limit250 point
Category 3 goods that can still come with250 kg el. L
Category 2 goods that can still come with83 kg el. L

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Sådan bruger du den

Du bruger den på terminalen, når en bil skal læsses med lidt farligt gods mellem almindeligt stykgods, fx maling, spraydåser eller batterier. Ligger pointsummen under 1.000, kan bilen køre uden orange skilte og uden ADR-kørekort. Ellers skal der en ADR-bil og en ADR-chauffør til.

Step by step

Find transportkategorien for hvert UN-nummer i ADR tabel A, kolonne 15. Den står ofte også på transportdokumentet.
Læg mængderne sammen pr. kategori: kg for faste stoffer, liter for væsker og bruttovægt for genstande.
Gang kategori 1 med 50, kategori 2 med 3 og kategori 3 med 1. Kategori 4 giver 0 point.
Læg pointene sammen. Højst 1.000 point betyder, at fritagelsen kan bruges.
Tjek at transportdokument, 2 kg-slukker og mærkede kolli er med, selv om der ikke skal orange skilte på.

Typical errors

At gætte transportkategorien ud fra fareklassen. Den hænger på UN-nummer og emballagegruppe og skal slås op.
At regne i bruttovægt for væsker. For væsker er det emballagens nominelle volumen i liter.
At tro at fritagelsen fjerner alle krav. Transportdokument, slukker, mærkede kolli og instruktion efter kapitel 1.3 gælder stadig.
At glemme kategori 0. Et stof i kategori 0 kan aldrig køre under fritagelsen.

Examples from everyday life

Maling og fortynder til en byggemarkedsrute

En stykgodsbil skal have 240 liter fortynder (UN 1263, emballagegruppe II, transportkategori 2) og 180 liter maling i emballagegruppe III (transportkategori 3) med.

Amount in transport category 1: 0 kg el. L
Amount in transport category 2: 240 kg el. L
Amount in transport category 3: 180 kg el. L

It means: Læsset giver 900 points, og der er 100 points tilbage. Bilen kan køre under fritagelsen. Der kan kun komme 100 kg el. L kategori 3-gods eller 33 kg el. L kategori 2-gods mere med.

Et kategori 1-stof gør forskellen

Samme rute skal nu også have 10 kg af et giftigt stof i transportkategori 1 med, ud over 100 liter i kategori 2 og 400 liter i kategori 3.

Amount in transport category 1: 10 kg el. L
Amount in transport category 2: 100 kg el. L
Amount in transport category 3: 400 kg el. L

It means: Læsset giver 1,200 points, og der er -200 points tilbage, altså over grænsen. De 10 kg i kategori 1 tæller alene 500 point. Send kategori 1-godset med en ADR-bil, eller del læsset.

Startbatterier til et autoværksted

En bil skal have 600 kg våde startbatterier (UN 2794, transportkategori 3) med til et værksted. For genstande som batterier er det bruttovægten, der tæller.

Amount in transport category 1: 0 kg el. L
Amount in transport category 2: 0 kg el. L
Amount in transport category 3: 600 kg el. L

It means: Læsset giver 600 points, og der er 400 points tilbage. Der er stadig plads til mere gods under fritagelsen. Gods i begrænsede mængder (LQ) tæller ikke med i pointene, men har sine egne regler for mærkning.

Rule of thumb

20 kg i kategori 1, 333 kg i kategori 2 eller 1.000 kg i kategori 3 er hver for sig hele grænsen.

How to check the answer

Point tilbage plus point i alt skal give 1.000. Er der kun kategori 3-gods, er pointene lig med mængden.