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Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the eCall system on the number of casualties or fatalities on the roads.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
28 Nov 2025
Target answer date
2 Dec 2025
Answer
5 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the eCall system on the number of casualties or fatalities on the roads.

  2. 2 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    A 2013 pre-legislation appraisal concluded that following full adoption of eCall in the UK (in 2018), casualty reduction was likely to be at most 13 fatalities a year and 100 serious injuries involving car and van occupants only. No post-implementation re...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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