A Literature Review of Wheelchair Transportation Safety Relevant to Automated Vehicles

Kathleen D. Klinich, Miriam A. Manary, Nichole R. Orton, Kyle J. Boyle and Jingwen Hu
Additional contact information
Kathleen D. Klinich: University of Michigan, Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI 481095, USA
Miriam A. Manary: University of Michigan, Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI 481095, USA
Nichole R. Orton: University of Michigan, Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI 481095, USA
Kyle J. Boyle: University of Michigan, Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI 481095, USA
Jingwen Hu: University of Michigan, Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI 481095, USA

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 3, 1-19

Abstract: This literature review summarizes wheelchair transportation safety, focusing on areas pertinent to designing automated vehicles (AVs) so they can accommodate people who remain seated in their wheelchairs for travel. In these situations, it is necessary to secure the wheelchair to the vehicle and provide occupant protection with a Wheelchair Tiedown and Occupant Restraint System (WTORS). For this population to use AVs, a WTORS must be crashworthy for use in smaller vehicles, able to be used independently, and adaptable for a wide range of wheelchair types. Currently available WTORS do not have these characteristics, but a universal docking interface geometry and prototype automatic seatbelt donning systems have been developed. In the absence of government regulations that address this situation, RESNA and ISO have developed voluntary industry standards to define design and performance criteria to achieve occupant protection levels for wheelchair-seated passengers that are similar to those provided by conventional vehicle seats.

Keywords: wheelchair; automated vehicles; standards; occupant restraint; wheelchair tiedowns (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/3/1633/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/3/1633/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:3:p:1633-:d:739551

Access Statistics for this article

IJERPH is currently edited by Ms. Jenna Liu

More articles in IJERPH from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().