| Explosives | Flares, safety cartridges, primers cap type, ammunition, caps for toy pistols, fireworks |
| Flammable Gases | Aerosols, L.P. gas, butane cigarette lighters |
| Non Flammable Non Toxic | Cylinders of compressed air, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, fly sprays, fire extinguishers |
| Toxic Gas | Chlorine gas, insecticides and nitric oxide |
| Flammable Liquid | Some essential oils, methylated spirits, petrol, paints, white spirits, most perfumes, finger nail polish |
| Flammable Solid | Safety matches sulphur, barbeque starters |
| Spontaneously Combustible Substances | Phosphorus, other powders, sodium hydrosulphate |
| Dangerous When Wet | Sodium metal, other metal powders, magnesium alloys |
| Oxidizing Substance | Some pool chemicals, bleaches, nitric acid, hair dyes |
| Organic Peroxide | Fibreglass repair kits |
| Toxic Substances | Many agriculture chemicals, herbicides and insecticides, chloroform |
| Radioactive Material | Medical isotopes, scientific samples, some smoke detectors |
| Corrosives | Battery acid, spirits of salts, sanitizing agents, mercury |
| Miscellaneous Dangerous Goods | Dry ice, batteries, life saving appliances - may contain dangerous goods such as matches and flares |
| Magnetized Material | Magnets |
| Cryogenic Liquid | Containers for carriage of semen used in animal or human reproduction programmes |