AS/NZS 2890.6:2009 Parking facilities – Off-street parking for people with disabilities
AS/NZS 2890.6 prescribes the requirements for providing off-street parking facilities for people with disabilities during new building works and is referenced in the BCA and Premises Standards.
Designs for parallel and angled accessible spaces are detailed, with a shared area to the side, kerb ramp locations, height clearances, yellow line marking, the International Symbol of Access and a bollard in the shared area of angled spaces.
The following is a summary of the requirements of AS/NZS 2890.6:
- Angled parking spaces are to be 2400mm wide x 5400mm long.
- A 2400mm wide x 5400mm long shared area will be provided on one side of an accessible angle parking space.
- The dedicated space and shared area are to be on the same level.
- A bollard is to be provided at a distance of 800mm from the roadside end to the shared area.
- We recommend the bollard at a height of 1300mm in a highly contrasting colour and finish.
- All line marking must be yellow only around the accessible car parking space and shared areas.
- Pavement markings and car parking areas are to be non-slip.
- All accessible parking spaces to be identified by a white International Symbol of Access between 800mm and 1000mm placed on a blue rectangle with no side more than 1200 mm in the centre of the space, between 500mm and 600mm from the entry point.
- Line marking is to be unbroken lines 80mm to 100mm wide on all sides except any side delineated by a kerb, barrier or wall.
- The height clearance from the car park entrance to all accessible parking spaces must be at least 2200mm.
The headroom above each accessible parking space and the adjacent shared area is a minimum of 2500mm (but this may be reduced above the bonnet area to allow for ductwork, pipes, bulkheads or the like). - Parallel parking spaces should be not less than 3200mm wide x 7800mm long.
- A shared area adjacent to the non-trafficked side of the dedicated parallel parking space is to be at least 1600mm wide by 7800 mm long.
- Kerb ramps are to be provided when required.
- The car parking areas are to comprise a firm plane surface with a gradient not exceeding 1:40 in any direction (or 1:33 if the surface is bitumen and the area is outdoors).
A copy of AS/NZS 2890.6 can be sourced from the SAI Global website.
