Hi Dave,
Thought i would draw your attention to an incident i happened upon a few weeks back.
I clocked a Salvesen artic who lost 2 IBC’s through his nearside curtain on a roundabout up here in Glasgow. I don’t know if his goods were haz/un1000, but 2 of his compadres had evidently been sent to clean up the spill under the watchful eye of the traffic plod who were also in attendance.
What kind of reaming and consequences are looming for said driver? ie are there more severe penalties for spilling chemicals etc? 
GlesgaBill:
Hi Dave,
Thought i would draw your attention to an incident i happened upon a few weeks back.
I clocked a Salvesen artic who lost 2 IBC’s through his nearside curtain on a roundabout up here in Glasgow. I don’t know if his goods were haz/un1000, but 2 of his compadres had evidently been sent to clean up the spill under the watchful eye of the traffic plod who were also in attendance.
What kind of reaming and consequences are looming for said driver? ie are there more severe penalties for spilling chemicals etc?
Hi GlesgaBill, Penalties and outcomes aren’t really within a DGSA’s remit, but I can say that the UN number you’ve given isn’t in use, so we don’t know exactly what was involved. Were there any class labels on the IBCs? Losing two IBCs throught the curtains isn’t usually a good idea, so my first thoughts are that the driver might get prosecuted for the insecure load.
I’m fairly sure that, if the load is dangerous goods, the police might inform Health & Safety Executive (HSE) who aren’t known for their mercy. I’m also fairly sure that, if the goods were dangerous goods, the fire brigade would be called.
The police/HSE might look into whether there was any load securing equipment available to the driver. Even if there was, then it seems to me that it could be considered to be insufficient. We really don’t have much info at this time, but if it was dangerous goods, a spillage of that size (2,000ltrs?) would trigger the need for a report to the DfT, possibly followed by an investigation and ‘consequences’.
I wouldn’t like to be in that driver’s shoes. 
Hi Dave
Now that you mention it, the goods in question were most likely non haz due to the absence of the fire brigade-like you say, i wouldn’t like to be in his shoes!
Thanks for the info as always!