CONTENTS

Foreword I

1 Scope 1

2 Normative References 1

3 Terms and Definitions 1

4 Classification, Appearance and Dimensions 2

5 Technical Requirements 6

6 Test Methods 7

7 Inspection Rules 9

8 Marking, Packaging and Transportation 10

9 Installation Requirements 11

10 Maintenance in Use 11

Annex A (Normative) Hazard Identification Numbers 12

Annex B (Normative) Graphics of Rhombic Mark Plates and Special Mark Plates 16

Annex C (Normative) Installation Requirements for Mark Plates 23

Annex D (Normative) Schematic Diagrams Showing Installation of Mark Plates 26

Bibliography 37

1 SCOPE

This document specifies the classification, appearance and dimensions, technical requirements, test methods, inspection rules, marking, packaging and transportation, product installation requirements, and requirements for maintenance in use, with respect to the vehicle marking of dangerous goods for road transportation.

This document is applicable to the manufacture and use of vehicle marking of dangerous goods for road transportation.

This document is not applicable to the vehicle marking of radioactive substances for road transportation.

2 NORMATIVE REFERENCES

The following normative documents contain provisions which, through normative reference in this text, constitute essential provision of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendment) applies.

GB 190 Packing symbol of dangerous goods

GB/T 191 Packaging – Pictorial marking for handling of goods

GB/T 2918-2018 Plastics – Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing

GB/T 3880.2 Wrought aluminum and aluminum alloy plates, sheets and strips for general engineering – Part 2: Mechanical properties

GB/T 6543 Single and double corrugated boxes for transport packages

GB/T 10125 Corrosion tests in artificial atmospheres- Salt spray tests

GB/T 16422.2 Plastics – Methods of exposure to laboratory light sources – Part 2: Xenon-arc lamps

GB/T 18833-2012 Retroreflective sheeting for traffic control

GB/T 20878 Stainless and heat-resisting steels-Designation and chemical composition

GA 666 Retro-reflective sheeting for license plates of motor vehicles

JT/T 617.3-2018 Regulations concerning road transportation of dangerous goods-Part 3: Index of dangerous goods name and transportation requirement

3 TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

For the purpose of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.

3.1 vehicle marking of dangerous goods

A mark plate indicating the information on hazardous nature of goods carried by a vehicle

3.2 UN number

A number with four Arabic numerals prepared by the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, used to identify a substance or article or a category of specific substances or articles

[Source: GB 6944-2012, 3.2]

3.3 hazard identification number

A group of numbers or a combination of letter X and number(s) indicating the hazard of dangerous goods

Note: the classification code of explosive substances of Class 1 can be used as the hazard identification number.