Press Release: Automatic emergency call devices in all new car models from spring 2018

The European Parliament approved in plenary on 28 April 2015 for emergency call devices that automatically alert rescue services to car crashes (eCall) to be fitted to all new models of cars and light vans by 31 March 2018.

Road accidents took 25,700 lives in the European Union in 2014 – a death toll that the new devices could cut by an estimated 10% a year.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Internal market MEPs green light life-saving emergency call system for cars http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-internal-market-meps-green-light-life-saving-emergency-call-system-for-cars/

EurActiv, 29.04.15: Cars to be fitted with automatic emergency calling from mid-2018 http://www.euractiv.com/sections/transport/cars-be-fitted-automatic-emergency-calling-mid-2018-314188

BBC News, 28.04.15: EU to introduce eCall alert device for car crashes http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-32495058

Luxemburger Wort, 28.04.15: EU cars to be fitted with automatic dial for help in a crash http://www.wort.lu/en/international/112-ecall-eu-cars-to-be-fitted-with-automatic-dial-for-help-in-a-crash-553f98d20c88b46a8ce583dd

Reuters, 28.04.15: UPDATE 1-Cars to be fitted with automatic emergency calling from mid-2018 http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/28/eu-autos-safety-idUSL8N0XP46K20150428

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