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The Safe Transportation of Wheelchair Occupants in the United Kingdom
Technical Paper
856068
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English
Abstract
In 1981, “The Year of Disabled People,” the Department of Transport issued a Code of Practice and Special Provisions for the Carriage of Passengers in Wheelchairs on Public Service Vehicles. The safety aspects of the code are considered in this paper. Research has shown that the travelling space required for each wheelchair is 700mm wide and 1,200mm long.
Accident data have shown that the priority requirements for a wheelchair restraint are to hold the chair and occupant in place during normal driving and in 10g frontal impacts for full-sized public service coaches. The details are given of five different restraint designs and of the results from static and dynamic testing. The removal of one restraint design from the market as a result of testing to the Code of Practice highlights the need for a formal standard.
Citation
Petty, S., "The Safe Transportation of Wheelchair Occupants in the United Kingdom," SAE Technical Paper 856068, 1985.Also In
References
- Walmsley, D.A. “The use of minibuses in Great Britain,” Research Report 6 Transport and Road Research Laboratory Crowthorne, Berkshire, United Kingdom 1985
- Department of Transport Code of Practice and Special Provisions for the Carriage of Passengers in Wheelchairs on Public Service Vehicles Department of Transport, Vehicle Standards and Engineering Division 2 Marsham Street, SWI May 1982
- Petty. S.P.F. “Protection for public service vehicle occupants in frontal impacts,” paper presented at the Conference on The Design Construction and Operation of Public Service Vehicles The Cranfield Institute of Technology Bedford July 1977