PAS 2012-1:2012

This part of PAS 2012 specifies design and manufacturing requirements for a wheelchair accessible vehicle (WAV) of EC Category M1, in which one or more passengers travel, each seated in a wheelchair that is secured in the WAV using four-point webbing tie-downs.

It specifies:

a) a gauge-based method for measuring the key accessibility dimensions of WAVs capable of transporting occupied wheelchairs ranging from 775 mm to 1 350 mm long, 500 mm to 830 mm wide and 975 mm to 1 550 mm high;

b) a separate method for measuring the key accessibility dimensions of WAVs capable of transporting occupied wheelchairs in excess of 1 350 mm long, 830 mm wide or 1 550 mm high;

c) requirements for wheelchair access devices (where fitted), including:

1) ramps;

2) lifts;

3) winches;

d) requirements for wheelchair tie-down and occupant restraint system (WTORS) anchorages for securing wheelchairs 200 kg in mass, and wheelchair users, within the WAV, including:

1) static and dynamic test methods, (either of which can be used), for determining the strength of WTORS anchorages for forward-facing wheelchairs 85 kg;

2) a dynamic test method for determining the strength of WTORS anchorages for forward-facing wheelchairs 85 kg to 200 kg;

e) requirements for rearward-facing wheelchair installations including:

1) static test method for WTORS anchorages;

2) static test method for wheelchair occupant head and back support;

f) structural integrity;

g) requirements for service elements, for example, a user manual (including WAV technical specification to facilitate direct comparisons between WAVs) and re-call procedures.

It does not specify requirements for securing an occupied wheelchair in the driving position of a WAV.