{
 "title": "Free DGSA Study Resources: 10 for Syllabus, Papers and ADR Text (2026)",
 "url": "https://vektorgroup.eu/resources/dangerous-goods/free-dgsa-study-resources",
 "publisher": "Vektor Group",
 "reviewed": "2026-10-08",
 "licence": "CC BY 4.0 for the selection and the descriptions; each source keeps its own terms",
 "entries": [
  {
   "position": 1,
   "name": "Vektor ADR reference library",
   "url": "https://vektorgroup.eu/resources",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "A plain explanation of a syllabus topic before you find it in ADR",
    "Access": "Free, no registration; CC BY 4.0 with downloadable datasets",
    "Scope": "14 references and 12 datasets; road and ADR only",
    "Limit": "Working references, not legal texts, and not an exam body or a qualification"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 2,
   "name": "DVSA DGSA exam syllabus",
   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dangerous-goods-safety-adviser-exams/dangerous-goods-safety-adviser-exam-syllabus",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "Building the topic list of a UK study plan",
    "Access": "Free web page under the Open Government Licence v3.0",
    "Date": "Updated 2 June 2026",
    "Limit": "Topic outlines only; the answers are in ADR, RID, ADN and UK law"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 3,
   "name": "DVSA DGSA sample exam papers",
   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dangerous-goods-safety-adviser-exams",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "Timed practice in the real layout",
    "Access": "Free PDFs on GOV.UK",
    "Date": "Road paper updated 25 September 2025; core and all classes files dated March 2025",
    "Limit": "No rail or inland waterways paper, no answers in the files, and older than the June 2026 syllabus"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 4,
   "name": "DVSA guide to answering DGSA exam questions",
   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dangerous-goods-safety-adviser-exams/how-to-answer-dangerous-goods-safety-adviser-exam-questions",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "Learning to write references the way the marker expects",
    "Access": "Free web page",
    "Date": "Updated 2 June 2026",
    "Limit": "Four examples, not a question bank"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 5,
   "name": "DVSA Book a DGSA exam",
   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/book-a-dangerous-goods-safety-adviser-exam",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "Choosing a sitting and working back to a study start",
    "Access": "Free web page; the exam costs £135 per subject, £405 for three",
    "Date": "Last updated 11 September 2026",
    "Limit": "In person only, at venues in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 6,
   "name": "DfT guidance on dangerous goods safety advisers",
   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/carriage-of-dangerous-goods-guidance-note-19/employing-a-dangerous-goods-safety-adviser",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "The legal framework topic, and planning renewal",
    "Access": "Free web page",
    "Date": "Last updated 15 January 2026",
    "Limit": "Role guidance, not exam preparation"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 7,
   "name": "UNECE ADR 2025 files",
   "url": "https://unece.org/adr-2025-files",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "Every road answer and every reference you write",
    "Access": "Free PDFs in English, French and Russian; copyright United Nations, all rights reserved",
    "Edition": "ADR 2025, applicable from 1 January 2025; two volumes, ECE/TRANS/352, published 2 January 2025",
    "Limit": "No answers to exam questions; printed and editable editions are sold separately"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 8,
   "name": "OTIF RID 2025",
   "url": "https://otif.org/fileadmin/docs/LegalTexts/COTIF/DangerousGoodsRID/RID/RID_2025_e_1_January_2025.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "Rail candidates, or anyone choosing RID for core",
    "Access": "Free PDF, 1,118 pages, about 15 MB",
    "Edition": "With effect from 1 January 2025",
    "Limit": "One large file; plan the print run early"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 9,
   "name": "CDG 2009 on legislation.gov.uk",
   "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1348/contents",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "UK specific questions marked CDG2009",
    "Access": "Free, revised version online",
    "Status": "No known outstanding effects listed",
    "Limit": "Great Britain; Northern Ireland has CDG 2010"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 10,
   "name": "CILT Ireland DGSA certificate",
   "url": "https://www.cilt.ie/our-exams/dgsa-dangerous-goods-safety-advisers-certificate",
   "facts": {
    "Use it for": "Candidates sitting in Ireland",
    "Access": "Free page and PDFs; road exam €195 per paper, two papers",
    "Date": "Next sitting Wednesday 11 November, applications by 29 October; 2027 dates listed",
    "Limit": "Irish route; the road exam has two papers, not the UK three part structure"
   }
  }
 ]
}