Apparatus and method of requesting emergency call for vehicle accident by using travelling information about vehicle

An apparatus comprising:

• a travelling information detecting unit configured to detect a previous speed at a previous time and a current speed at a current time as travelling information about a vehicle;
• a vehicle accident determining unit configured to determine whether an accident has occurred in the vehicle based on the travelling information;
• and
• an emergency call (E-Call) signal transmitting unit configured to transmit an E-Call signal for the vehicle accident with a current location of the vehicle when it is determined that the accident has occurred in the vehicle,
• wherein the vehicle accident determining unit is configured to determine that the accident has occurred in the vehicle if information on a gear state indicates a mode that is different from a parking (P) mode and a neutral (N) mode and the detected current speed of the vehicle is equal to or smaller than a first reference speed, and
• wherein the vehicle accident determining unit is further configured to determine that the accident has occurred in the vehicle when the detected current speed is 0, a difference value obtained from the detected previous speed and the detected current speed is equal to or greater than a first reference value, and a difference value between the previous time and the current time is equal to or smaller than a second reference value.