文摘
Traffic accidents are one of the major causes of deaths and injuries in Europe. A timely and efficient intervention of emergency services is crucial to save lives and reduce human suffering. In order to reduce the fatality rate in the EU the European Commission is working since 2009 to develop the eCall system. eCall is a project design for the improvement of road safety by providing rapid assistance to motorist involved in a collision anywhere is the European Union. In case of an accident the intended solution establishes automatically a communication with emergency services and sends a set of data such as location, vehicle type and other relevant information timely and reliably from the in-vehicle system (IVS) over the cellular network. This paper provides a general vision of how it works and different kinds of eCall. In addition, it describes the studies that have taken place to validate the deployment of eCall based on 112 across Europe and introduces some future targets.