ISO 7176-19:2022
Wheelchairs — Part 19: Wheelchairs for use as seats in motor vehicles
This document specifies test methods, requirements and recommendations for wheelchairs intended for use as seats in motor vehicles related to design, performance, labelling, presale literature, user instructions and user warnings.
This document is applicable to all manual and powered wheelchairs, including scooters, which, in addition to their primary function as wheeled mobility devices, are also likely to be used as forward-facing seats in motor vehicles by children and adults with a body mass equal to or greater than 12 kg.
This document is applicable to complete wheelchairs, including a frame or powerbase and seating system. It is also applicable to wheelchairs equipped with additional components designed to facilitate conformity with one or more of the requirements of this document.
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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Design requirements and recommendations
4.1 General
4.2 Wheelchair securement
4.3 Occupant restraints
4.3.1 Accommodation of vehicle-mounted three-point belt restraints
4.3.2 Wheelchair-mounted occupant restraints
4.4 Wheelchair head and back supports for small children
4.5 Risk management in modifying wheelchairs that conform to this document
5 Performance requirements and recommendations
5.1 General
5.2 Frontal impact
5.3 Accessibility of securement points intended for use with strap-type tiedowns
5.4 Clear paths for strap-type tiedowns
5.5 Accommodation of vehicle-mounted belt restraints
5.6 Wheelchair-mounted belt restraints
6 Identification, labelling, user instructions, warning, and disclosure requirements and recommendations
6.1 General
6.2 Identification and labelling
6.3 Presale literature
6.4 User and maintenance instructions
7 Documentation of conformance
7.1 General
7.2 Frontal impact test
7.3 Design, labelling, and literature requirements
Annex A (normative) Method for frontal impact test
Annex B (normative) Specifications for securement points on wheelchairs intended for attachment of four-point strap-type tiedowns
Annex C (normative) Method for testing accessibility and tiedown clear paths of wheelchair securement points intended for attachment of four-point strap-type tiedowns
Annex D (normative) Methods for rating wheelchair accommodation of vehicle-mounted occupant belt restraints
Annex E (normative) Specifications for Surrogate Wheelchair Tiedown and Occupant Restraint System (SWTORS) with four-point strap-type tiedown and three-point belt restraint
Annex F (informative) Specifications for wheelchair Universal Docking Interface Geometry (UDIG)
Annex G (informative) Wheelchair design, performance, and labelling recommendations for improved protection of occupants seated facing forward in wheelchairs during rear impacts
Annex H (normative) Design and performance requirements for five-point harness restraints for children less than 23 kg
Annex I (informative) Performance considerations for five-point harness restraints for children less than 23 kg
Annex J (informative) Design and performance requirements for wheelchair-mounted occupant restraints for use by people with body mass equal to or greater than 23 kg
Annex K (normative) Requirements and recommendations when providing more than four securement points
Annex L (informative) Checklist of requirements
Annex M (informative) Indication of main values in imperial units
Bibliography
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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Design requirements and recommendations
4.1 General
4.2 Wheelchair securement
4.3 Occupant restraints
4.3.1 Accommodation of vehicle-mounted three-point belt restraints
4.3.2 Wheelchair-mounted occupant restraints
4.4 Wheelchair head and back supports for small children
4.5 Risk management in modifying wheelchairs that conform to this document
5 Performance requirements and recommendations
5.1 General
5.2 Frontal impact
5.3 Accessibility of securement points intended for use with strap-type tiedowns
5.4 Clear paths for strap-type tiedowns
5.5 Accommodation of vehicle-mounted belt restraints
5.6 Wheelchair-mounted belt restraints
6 Identification, labelling, user instructions, warning, and disclosure requirements and recommendations
6.1 General
6.2 Identification and labelling
6.3 Presale literature
6.4 User and maintenance instructions
7 Documentation of conformance
7.1 General
7.2 Frontal impact test
7.3 Design, labelling, and literature requirements
Annex A (normative) Method for frontal impact test
Annex B (normative) Specifications for securement points on wheelchairs intended for attachment of four-point strap-type tiedowns
Annex C (normative) Method for testing accessibility and tiedown clear paths of wheelchair securement points intended for attachment of four-point strap-type tiedowns
Annex D (normative) Methods for rating wheelchair accommodation of vehicle-mounted occupant belt restraints
Annex E (normative) Specifications for Surrogate Wheelchair Tiedown and Occupant Restraint System (SWTORS) with four-point strap-type tiedown and three-point belt restraint
Annex F (informative) Specifications for wheelchair Universal Docking Interface Geometry (UDIG)
Annex G (informative) Wheelchair design, performance, and labelling recommendations for improved protection of occupants seated facing forward in wheelchairs during rear impacts
Annex H (normative) Design and performance requirements for five-point harness restraints for children less than 23 kg
Annex I (informative) Performance considerations for five-point harness restraints for children less than 23 kg
Annex J (informative) Design and performance requirements for wheelchair-mounted occupant restraints for use by people with body mass equal to or greater than 23 kg
Annex K (normative) Requirements and recommendations when providing more than four securement points
Annex L (informative) Checklist of requirements
Annex M (informative) Indication of main values in imperial units
Bibliography