Frequently Requested Resources:
RERC on Wheelchair Transportation Safety

Educational Tool Box

Resources to help professionals and consumers teach others about wheelchair transportation safety. These include webinars and the crash-test video in various downloadable video formats.

Wheelchair Crash-test Videos

Four pages of online education with videos that teach the principles of wheelchair transportation safety.

RideSafe Brochure

A multipage brochure providing pictures and step-by-step guidance for properly securing a wheelchair and placing occupant safety belts. The goal is to help people travel more safety in motor vehicles while seated in a wheelchair. (PDF format).
RideSafe is now available in Spanish too!

Current list of WC19-compliant wheelchairs

WC19 is the voluntary industry standard on designing, crash testing, and labeling wheelchairs for improved performance when used as a seat in a motor vehicle.

Exceptional Parent Magazine Series

A series of 6 articles on Wheelchair Transportation Safety for parents

Guidelines for Use of Secondary Postural Support Devices by Wheelchair Users During Travel in Motor Vehicles (2007) PDF (450 MB).

Guidelines and recommendations for using Postural Support Devices on a wheelchair used as a seat in a motor vehicle. The document is written primarily for clinicians, prescribers and individuals who use wheelchairs.

Paraplegia News Magazine Series

A series of articles addressing topics in Wheelchair Transportation Safety

Links to External Web Resources