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What is the Current Wheelchair Transportation Standard?

The Ride Safe Brochure

  • Travelsafer.org is a website focused on ensuring passenger safety when seated in a wheelchair. It contains a brochure called "Ride Safe" that has been recently update with a clear message and illustrations.
  • Read step-by-step directions for insuring a safe ride when seated in a wheelchair.
  • This Ride Safe brochure can be downloaded in PDF format brochure so it can be downloaded and printed on a color printer for distribution to others. You will need to use Acrobat Reader to get this brochure.
  • Printed copies of this brochure can also be requested from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute by telephone at 734-764-2171 or by e-mail: umtridocs@umich.edu

Information Resources

Public and Community Transportation

School Transportation

Videos and Training Materials

Helpful Documents

Future Trends: Wheelchair Securement in Large Transit Vehicles

  • View a series of Slide Lectures that have been presented at various conferences such as NRRTS, RESNA, and the International Seating Symposium that contains information about:
    • Rearward Facing Systems - standards are in development for this system that will allow for independent maneuvering into a rear-facing compartment that will eliminate the need for wheelchair tiedown systems.
    • Automated Docking Systems - a standard has been developed for the geometry of this type of system. The standard will allow wheelchair manufacturers to build a universal bracket into wheelchairs that will allow the use of automated, independently operated, wheelchair docks.

Successfully Crash-Tested Wheelchairs

Link to an up-to-date listing of all successfully crash-tested wheelchairs and seating systems along with links to the manufacturer’s homepage and the internal contact person for transportation standards. New models are always being added to this frequently updated page.

Crash-Tested Wheelchair Tiedowns & Occupant Restraints

Note: When communicating with manufacturers who are not on this list, be sure to ask if their products comply with the SAE J2249 Standard for Wheelchair Tiedown and Occupant Restraints (WTORS)

SAE-J2249 Compliant Wheelchair Tiedowns and Docks

SAE-J2249 Compliant Wheelchair Securement and Occupant Restraints

  • Q'Straint - wheelchair securement and occupant restraint
  • SureLok- wheelchair securement and occupant restraint

Have questions about WC19? Contact us by e-mail at nritchie@umich.edu

Last Updated: July 18, 2008

Acknowledgement:

Department of Education, Washington DC
This Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Wheelchair Transportation Safety
is funded by NIDRR grant #H133E060064

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