PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lifting device for a vehicle in which a wheelchair easily boards on or alights from a mounting body, and a fixing device is easily operated when the fixing device is provided in the mounting body.SOLUTION: The lifting device for the vehicle comprises: the flat mounting body 1 for mounting a passenger who sits in the wheelchair C a lifting frame 2 which supports the mounting body 1 so as to freely slide in inner/outer directions of the vehicle and a lifting operation means which lifts the mounting body 1 from the ground surface or a lowered position near the ground surface to a raised position at the same height or substantially same height as a floor of the vehicle by lifting the lifting frame 2. An illumination device 51 for illuminating the mounting body 1 is provided at the mounting body 1.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】載置体に対する車椅子の乗降が行い易く、また、載置体に固定装置を設けた場合にはその操作も行い易い車両用昇降装置を提供する。【解決手段】車椅子Cに搭乗した搭乗者を載置する平板状の載置体1と、載置体1を車両内外方向にスライド移動自在に支持する昇降枠2と、昇降枠2を昇降操作して載置体1を地面上又はその近くの下降位置と車両の床面と同高さ又は略同高さの上昇位置とに昇降移動させる昇降操作手段とを設け、載置体1上を照射する照明装置51を、載置体1に設ける。【選択図】図8