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Roads: Accidents

Asked by Alex MayerLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 102106

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has assessed the potential impact of eCall on (a) response times and (b) the (i) number and (ii) severity of road traffic (A) casualties and (B) fatalities in each of the last five years.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

A pre-legislation appraisal of eCall was conducted in 2013. The report is available on gov.uk at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ecall-uk-cost-benefit-analysis

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