Safeguard for powered wheelchair

In combination with an electric powered wheelchair having a steering column forward of the chair seat, a handle bar mounted on the top of said column and extending substantially crosswise of the longitudinal axis of the wheelchair, a switch box mounted at the top of the steering column, and a switch control lever pivoted on the underside of said box spaced behind said handle bar and extending substantially parallel therewith, the improvement comprising a fail-safe guard mounted on said handle bar and extending rearwardly beneath said control lever to prevent accidental contact therewith by the body of the chair occupant when rising to dismount.