Wheelchair Accessible Hackney Carriages & Private Hire Vehicles

Sussex has a larger proportion of people with some ambulant disability than any other county. Worthing is the largest town in West Sussex, and has the highest proportion of people with an ambulant disability in the County. Worthing Borough Council has over the last few years attempted to encourage the Hackney Carriage and Private Hire industries to provide more Wheelchair Accessible vehicles.

Since 2004 all additional hackney carriage plates have only been issued to wheelchair accessible vehicles but still Worthing Access and Mobility Group reported in 2007 that wheelchair users that wanted to use a taxi at any time were experiencing difficulties, with particular problems being experienced during the evening.

The Council decided in 2007 that all currently licensed Hackney Carriages that were saloon or estate cars will have to convert to a wheelchair accessible vehicle when the saloon or estate becomes due for replacement. This requirement took effect on 1st October 2007. We expect a large proportion of taxis to be wheelchair accessible vehicles by 2012.

Below is a list of the currently licensed vehicles that are wheelchair accessible with their contact telephone numbers.  We hope that in the future, this list will be linked to the database of licensed vehicles,  but in the meantime we have to comb the database at regular intervals to produce an updated list, and then transfer that to this site.  If you would like a copy of an updated list as soon as it has been produced, please send an email message to tony.armstrong@worthing.gov.uk asking to be put on the WAV users distribution list.  (Sorry, we can only do this by email.)

LATEST, (20th August 2008).

Because of the differing requirements for taxis and private hire vehicles, we have split the list.  The new list of Accessible Private Hire vehicles is listed below, and will be updated every time the details change.

As yet we cannot update the list of accessible taxis, so the old list is still here, but be aware that we know that it is not completely current.  Please do NOT use the combined list for Private Hire contact details.

Please check back frequently for updates, and epecially if you are looking for a wheelchair accessible Txi or Private Hire vehicle.

If you drive a wheelchair accessible taxi or private hire vehicle and your contact details are not on the current list, or if your details need to be updated or corrected, please let us know, preferably by email, and we will amend the list straight away.

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