BS EN 16230-2:2016

What is this BS EN 16230-2 - Safety requirements for karting facilities about?  

BS EN 16230-2 discusses leisure karts and safety requirements for karting facilities. BS EN 16230-2 is the second part of the BS EN 16230 multi-series on leisure karts that is applicable for karting facilities, relating to karts that are not intended to be used on public roads. 

BS EN 16230-2 applies to: 

• Operation of leisure karts only 
• Operation of karts propelled by a combustion engine, including LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) combustion engines 
• Operation of karts used on indoor and outdoor tracks, permanent or temporary 
• Operation of karts used on supervised tracks designed for leisure karting, with a permanent hard surface (such as asphalt, concrete, timber, and steel) 

BS EN 16230-2 specifies appropriate measures to eliminate or reduce the risks arising from significant hazards, hazardous situations, and events during the operation and maintenance of the karts when carried out as intended by the manufacturer. 

Note 1: BS EN 16230-2 does not apply to: 

• Operation of karts used for the competition organized by and under the responsibility of Commission International of Karting (CIK), Federation International of Automobile (FIA), and/or ASN (a national automobile club or other national body recognized by the FIA as sole holder of sporting power in a country), ensuring through the granting of licenses by an ASN or one of its affiliated members as defined in the International Sporting code, compliance with the safety, sporting, disciplinary and technical rules of the CIK-FIA and/ or ASN 
• Operation of karts designed exclusively for competition and toys 
• Operation of cross country karts 
• Operation of karts with two or more seats 
• Operation of karts used on tracks not mentioned above (such as mud, earth) 
• Operation of karts used in amusement parks 

Note 2: The requirements related to the hazards of electrical propulsion are not covered in BS EN 16230-2. Other than when the hazards of electrical propulsion dictate the operational standards herein are applicable to electrical carts. 

Who is BS EN 16230-2 - Safety requirements for karting facilities for? 

BS EN 16230-2 on safety requirements for karting facilities is useful for: 

• Leisure karts manufacturers 
• Leisure karting facilities 
• Amusement Park  

Why should you use BS EN 16230-2 - Safety requirements for karting facilities?  

Karting facilities come in a wide range of types. Such a wide range implies a gradation of the safety requirements, considering the specific level of hazards. On the basis of regular risk assessment, karting facilities operators should take reasonable measures to ensure the safety of users taking into consideration the risks as well as the restrictions imposed by technical and commercial factors. 

BS EN 16230-2 includes requirements, guidance, and notes. While compliance with requirements is mandatory, guidance, which can be used in accordance with a risk assessment and notes, gives additional information and/or explanations.  BS EN 16230-2 serves to provide guidance for circuit operators regarding the safe operation of karting facilities. BS EN 16230-2 does not remove the participants' responsibility for their own safety, nor does it remove the overriding principle that motorsport, due to its very nature, can be dangerous.