What is this PAS about?
This revised PAS is the first in a two-part series on passenger vehicles which have been modified to carry wheelchairs, known as WAVs (wheelchair accessible vehicles). They cover EC Category M1 vehicles, in which one or more passengers travel, each seated in a wheelchair that is secured in the WAV using four-point strap-type tie-downs. This part sets out design and manufacturing requirements.
Who is this PAS for?
Wheelchair accessible vehicle manufacturers and converters
Organizations specifying WAVs (e.g. care homes, taxi licensing authorities)
Public sector transport managers
Tender writers responsible for sourcing wheelchair accessible vehicles
Why should you use this PAS?
It supplies design and manufacturing requirements for a wheelchair accessible vehicle (WAV) of EC Category M1. It specifies:
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
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
Requirements for wheelchair access devices (where fitted), including:
a) Ramps
b) Lifts
c) Winches
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:
a) Static and dynamic test methods, (either of which can be used), for determining the strength of WTORS anchorages for forward-facing wheelchairs ≤85 kg
b) A dynamic test method for determining the strength of WTORS anchorages for forward-facin...