ADR special provision 280

Covers vehicle, vessel and aircraft safety devices (air bags, seat-belt pretensioners) that passed test series 6(c) without dangerous effects.

The entry is for safety devices fitted to vehicles, vessels or aircraft, for example air bag inflators and modules, seat-belt pretensioners and pyromechanical devices, carried as component parts and containing Class 1 or other dangerous goods. As offered for carriage, the articles must have passed test series 6(c) from the Manual of Tests and Criteria (Part 1). The test must show no explosion, no fragmentation of the casing or pressure receptacle, and no projection or heat effect that would seriously hamper fire-fighting or emergency work nearby. Life-saving appliances under special provision 296 (UN 2990, 3072) and fire suppressant dispersing devices under special provision 407 (UN 0514, 3559) are excluded.

Refers to: special provision 296; special provision 407.

Carried by 1 Table A entry

UN 3268

Source: ADR 2025 (ECE/TRANS/352), Volume I, section 3.3.1, special provision 280, page 618.

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