The term WAV is short for Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle. This can range from your own vehicle, and how to acquire one, to how to ensure a wheelchair is secure in a vehicle
In the UK, if you receive disability benefits, you may be able to access and receive a vehicle through the Motability Scheme
These resources will help you to use WAVs, from transitioning into the vehicle to making sure that your wheelchair is fully secure when using them
Wheelchair skills: How to get into a car as a wheelchair user
Wheelchair Skills Extra: Transferring into a Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle.
Wheelchair skills extra: Car transfers with a higher level spinal cord injury
The Postural Mobility Group (PMG) Best Practice Guidelines for Transportation of People Seated in Wheelchairs provides healthcare professionals who prescribe wheelchairs and seating systems for individuals with mobility impairments with guidance on the prescription and selection of equipment likely to be used in transport. They were reviewed in April 2020 and the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) withdrew their guidelines document DB2001(2003) , referring readers to the PMG BPG1 content.
There is also a useful **‘**Travel Safe’ ****Guidance leaflet that accompanies BPG1: