WC19-Compliant-Transit-Wheelchairs-Travel Wheelchairs

ANSI/RESNA WC19 Wheelchairs Used as Seats in Motor Vehicles is a voluntary industry standard that establishes minimum design and performance requirements for wheelchairs that are occupied by users traveling in motor vehicles.  One of the most important design requirements of the standard is for the wheelchair to provide four specific attachment points (see illustration below) that facilitate proper and effective securement of the wheelchair facing forward in vehicles using a four-point, strap-type tiedown that complies with ANSI/RESNA WC18, Wheelchair Tiedown and Occupant Restraint Systems for Use in Motor Vehicles. The wheelchair must be successfully crash tested in a 30-mph, 20-g frontal sled test using these securement points.

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