The safety of wheelchair occupants in road passenger vehicles
Table of contents
- Abstract
- Glossary of terms
- Executive summary
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Existing regulatory framework
- 1.2 Project aim
- 1.3 Scope
- 2. Overview
- 2.1 Impact protection
- 2.2 Non impact protection
- 3. M1 and M2 forward facing
- 3.1 Simulation study
- 3.2 Scope of testing
- 3.3 Test design
- 3.4 Findings
- 3.5 Conclusions
- 4. M1 and M2 rear facing
- 4.1 Simulation study
- 4.2 Scope
- 4.3 Test configuration
- 4.4 Findings
- 4.5 Conclusions
- 5. M3 forward facing
- 5.1 Simulation work
- 5.2 Scope
- 5.3 Test configuration
- 5.4 Findings
- 5.5 Conclusions
- 6. M3 rear facing
- 6.1 Simulation study
- 6.2 Scope
- 6.3 Test configuration
- 6.4 Findings
- 6.5 Conclusions
- 7. M3 (bus) rear facing normal transit
- 7.1 Scope
- 7.2 Testing methodology
- 7.3 Results
- 7.4 Conclusions
- 8. Information for regulatory impact assessment
- 8.1 Wheelchair users
- 8.2 Cars and taxis (M1)
- 8.3 Minibuses (M2)
- 8.4 Buses and coaches (M3)
- 9. Discussion
- 10. Conclusions
- 11. Recommendations
- 11.1 M1 and M2 Forward Facing
- 11.2 M1 and M2 rear facing
- 11.3 M3 forward facing
- 11.4 M3 rear facing fitted with seat belts
- 11.5 Normal transit
- 12 References
- Appendix A: Injury Criteria and Associated Performance Limit Values
- Appendix B: Test results
- B1 M1 forward facing test results
- B2 M1 rear facing test results
- B3 M3 forward facing test results
- B4 M3 Rear facing test results
- Appendix C: Simulation study
- C1 Model description
- Appendix C2: M1 modelling results
- C2.2 Forward Facing Taxi/Minibus
- C3 Bus modelling results
- C4 M3 forward facing modelling
- C5 Full modelling results
- C5.2 Taxi / Minibus - Forward Facing
- C5.4 Coaches
- Appendix D: Surrogate wheelchair specifications
- D1 General
- D2 Specifications
- Appendix E: Vehicle Specifications for Safe Carriage of Wheelchair Users
- E1: Forward facing wheelchairs in m1/m2 category vehicles
- E2: Rearward facing wheelchairs in m1/m2 category vehicles
- E3: forward facing wheelchairs in m3 category vehicles
