Emergency call devices that automatically alert rescue services to car crashes will have to be fitted to all new models of cars and light vans as of 31 March.

With eCall, emergency services' response time will be reduced by 50% in rural areas and 40% in urban areas, leading to a reduction of fatalities estimated at up to 1,500 saved lives per year. The legislation has made the system based on a public emergency call using the European emergency number 112 and operating across borders

eCall system

Enter into effect of the eCall system on the 1st April: statement by Olga SEHNALOVÁ (S&D, CZ), rapporteur and illustration shots

eCall emergency button in vehicle

The eCall emergency button in a car

Emergency alert system eCall gets the green light

Press conference by Olga SEHNALOVÁ (S&D, CZ), rapporteur on the eCall - life-saving emergency call system for cars

Plenary session week 18 2015 in Strasbourg - Deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system

Deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system: extracts from the debate

ECall for cars: turning into the home straight

Ecall for cars: Time is lives

Deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system: extracts from the vote on the report by Olga SEHNALOVÁ (S&D, CZ)

Plenary session week 9 2014 - Strasbourg - ecall

eCall: extracts from the joint debate

112 call center and rescue services

Vote on Deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system: extracts from the vote and statement by Olga SEHNALOVÁ (S&D, CZ), rapporteur EP IMCO Committee

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