Children and adults who must remain seated in their wheelchairs while traveling are often at a disadvantage in terms of crash safety. The new voluntary wheelchair industry standard WC19 (short for Section 19 of the ANSI/RESNA wheelchair standards) works to close the safety gap by providing design and performance criteria and test methods to assess whether a wheelchair can perform as a seat during a vehicle crash and work well with safety belt systems. There are three main advantages to a WC19 wheelchair: (1) Reduced risk of injury for wheelchair riders involved in vehicle crashes; (2) Easier and faster wheelchair securement; and (3) Improved compatibility with proper use of seatbelts. [This is Exceptional Parent's second installment in a six part series on Wheelchair Transportation Safety (WTS), produced in partnership with the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. For Part I, see EJ762213.]