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Diagonal collisions are tested by driving forward at varying speeds and turning directly toward the obstacle at the last moment. The turn is initiated at varying distances, shown with the arrows on a 0.5m grid as shown below.
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3
2
5
6
4
In all collision test cases, the test is considered a “pass” if the wheelchair does not touch the obstacle. If
the wheelchair does touch the obstacle, the test is considered a “fail.” In most cases with a reported fail,
the wheelchair slows and gently bumps the obstacle, which is considered a “fail” by our rigorous standards, although a gentle bump would, in most cases, not cause injury to the rider. The swish test is an attempt to intentionally scrape against the obstacle from a standstill; failures in this test are typically a caster or armrest scraping the obstacle, which in most cases would not cause injury to the user.
Results are reported as a ratio of the number of tests passed to the total number of tests performed, with an overall success rate calculated for each model.
MODEL
FRONT
COLLISION
BACK
COLLISION
ZPT
COLLISION
DIAGONAL
COLLISION
SWISH TEST
SWISH TEST
100 - Permobil M3
69:69
95:96
161:165
82:90
84:110
144:144
101 - Permobil F3
69:69
70:87
147:156
79:90
76:99
143:144
104 - Permobil M5
39:39
48:48
87:87
54:54
60:76
108:108
105 - Permobil F5
30:30
46:48
76:87
54:54
38:51
106:108
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