eCall is an automated system for alerting emergency services. It was introduced in 2018. Allcar manufacturers that sell cars in theEuropean Union have to put it in the cars they sell. The system will automatically alert emergency services by sending a standardized message to theEurope-wideemergency number 112. The message sent includes things like the current position and direction of the car and the time the accident happened. It also includes other information, like two positions of the car, in the last fifteen seconds before the accident. Optionally, it can include things like the number of people in the car, whether the vehicle turned upside down, and other specific information.

Such cars also have a button which can send the message manually.

In 2007,TÜV did somecrash tests inCologne. Unfortunately, they forgot to deactivate the respective alerting system. Soon,ambulances andfire engines arrived, as a major accident had been signalled.^[1]