The ability to reach help on time is a vital factor during a crash. The 112-eCall system in the vehicle contacts the 112 emergency services, establishes a wireless telephone connection and immediately provides the public service answering point (PSAP) with a minimum set of data that identifies the vehicle, location of the crash, the direction of travel, and may provide additional relevant data. It may also provide the number of passengers, and other vehicles and incident-related data.
PD CEN/TS 17249 series discusses standards deliverables which use intelligent transport systems (ITS) to increase the safety of users of road transport systems. therefore, the focus has been on eCall.
PD CEN/TS 17249-2 defines specifications for the provision of 112-eCall for regulated commercial vehicles, including rigid body trucks and prime mover and trailer combinations and other regulated commercial vehicles (for example, vans carrying medical supplies or radioactive material).
PD CEN/TS 17249-2 specifies the requirements for the use of 112-eCall by a commercial vehicle prime mover and rigid body truck and determines circumstances where it is appropriate to additionally provide new optional additional data.
PD CEN/TS 17249-2 on 112 eCall for HGVs is useful for:
When heavy good vehicles crash, they are usually in a remote place with no witnesses and the driver is alone. When coaches and buses crash, they are usually full of people, so the crash immediately becomes a major incident. So it makes sense to expand 112 eCall to cover all categories of vehicle, and the PD CEN/TS 17249 series provides specifications to enable this.
PD CEN/TS 17249‑2 provides you with guidance for the eCall session for 112-eCall for heavy goods vehicles and other commercial vehicles.
PD CEN/TS 17249-2 also provides technical specifications to support eCall for these additional categories of vehicles over both circuit-switched, and packet-switched networks.
PD CEN/TS 17249-2 presents the use cases and the stakeholders’ needs derived from these use cases. PD CEN/TS 17249-2 walks you through real scenarios indicating how the users of the eCall system will use the system and what their actions and needs would be when heavy goods vehicles and other commercial vehicles are involved in an accident. PD CEN/TS 17249-2 guidelines help you to make road transport safer for drivers and passengers.
CEN/TS 17249-2:2018