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Division 3.2 Wheelchair tie-down anchorages

United Kingdom

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The wheelchair tie-down anchorages shall resist the following forces, for at least 0,2 seconds, applied via the SWC (or a suitable surrogate wheelchair having a wheelbase, seat height and tie-down attachment points in accordance with the specification for the SWC), at a height of 300 +/– 100 mm from the surface on which the SWC rests:

  1. 3.2.1.

    In the case of a forward-facing wheelchair, a simultaneous force, coincident with the force applied to the occupant restraint anchorages, of 24,5 kN, and

  2. 3.2.2.

    a second test applying a static force of 8,2 kN directed towards the rear of the vehicle.

  3. 3.2.3.

    In the case of a rearward-facing wheelchair, a simultaneous force, coincident with the force applied to the occupant restraint anchorages, of 8,2 kN, and

  4. 3.2.4.

    a second test applying a static force of 24,5 kN directed towards the front of the vehicle.

Notes on Annex II

Textual amendments

F1

Word in Annex 2 heading substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 41(2)

Notes on Part III

Textual amendments

F1

Word in Annex 2 Pt. 3 heading substituted (31.12.2022 at 11.00 p.m.) by The Road Vehicles and Non-Road Mobile Machinery (Type-Approval) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1273), regs. 1(2), 41(6)(a)

Notes on Division Appendix 3

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Annex 2 Pt. 1 Table Item 19A omitted (3.7.2025) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/661), regs. 1(2), 8(2)(a)

F2

Annex 2 Pt. 3 Appendix 3 Table Item 73 inserted (3.7.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/661), regs. 1(2), 8(2)(d)(iii)

F3

Annex 2 Pt. 3 Appendix 3 Table Items 75, 76 inserted (13.11.2025) by The Road Vehicles (Type-Approval) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1110), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)(iii)