3.5 Incidents Reported According to the Requirements of SANS 10231

In accordance with SANS 10231 “Transportation of Dangerous Goods Operation” – 2006, all accidents involving Dangerous Goods vehicles must be reported to the National Department of Transport (NDOT) within 30 days.

• SANS 10231 describes an incident as an unplanned event during the transport or storage of Dangerous Goods including leakage, spillage, fire or other unplanned occurrences.
• Operators must inform the emergency services and the police if any incident involving their vehicles has occurred. If any injury, fire, explosion or spillage has occurred, the operator must also prepare an incident report and submit it to the relevant government department within 30 days.
• The fax number for reporting Dangerous Goods incidents at the NDOT is (012) 309 3721. The reporting form as per SANS 10231 must be used. Below is a sample of the reporting form.

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