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.
