Methods and systems for providing accident information

A system for providing accident information from a vehicle to an emergency responder when a vehicle accident occurs, the system comprising:

• a sensor;
• and
• an electronic processor configured to
• receive vehicle data from the sensor,
• determine a child presence indication of whether a child is present in the vehicle based on the vehicle data,
• determine a state of a windshield of the vehicle based on the vehicle data,
• generate an emergency message including the child presence indication and the state of a windshield of the vehicle, and
• automatically transmit the emergency message to an emergency responder,
• wherein the state of a windshield of the vehicle is a cracked state when at least one selected from a group consisting of a current force of the windshield is less than a predetermined force threshold, an infrared signal is obstructed, and a conductivity value of the windshield changes.

A vehicle controller for providing accident information from a vehicle to an emergency responder when a vehicle accident occurs, the vehicle controller comprising:

• an electronic processor configured to
• receive vehicle data from the sensor,
• determine a child presence indication of whether a child is present in the vehicle based on the vehicle data,
• determine a state of a windshield of the vehicle based on the vehicle data,
• determine an occupant seatbelt indication of whether each occupant of the vehicle has a fastened seatbelt,
• determine a number of total occupants of the vehicle,
• determine an ejected occupant indication of whether an occupant of the vehicle was ejected from the vehicle during the vehicle accident, wherein the ejected occupant indication indicates that at least one occupant of the vehicle was ejected from the vehicle during the vehicle accident when (i) the state of a windshield of the vehicle is a the cracked state and (ii) the occupant seatbelt indication indicates that each occupant of the vehicle did not have a fastened seatbelt,
• generate an emergency message including the child presence indication, the state of a windshield of the vehicle, and the ejected occupant indication, and
• automatically transmit the emergency message to an emergency responder.

A vehicle controller for providing accident information from a vehicle to an emergency responder when a vehicle accident occurs, the vehicle controller comprising:

• an electronic processor configured to
• receive vehicle data from the sensor,
• determine a child presence indication of whether a child is present in the vehicle based on the vehicle data,
• determine a state of a windshield of the vehicle based on the vehicle data,
• determine a number of total occupants of the vehicle,
• determine a number of occupants of the vehicle that do not have a fastened seatbelt by calculating a difference between the number of total occupants of the vehicle and a number of total fastened seatbelts of the vehicle,
• generate an emergency message including the child presence indication, the state of a windshield of the vehicle, and the number of occupants of the vehicle that do not have a fastened seatbelt, and
• automatically transmit the emergency message to an emergency responder.

A system for providing accident information from a vehicle to an emergency responder when a vehicle accident occurs, the system comprising:

• a sensor;
• and
• an electronic processor configured to
• receive vehicle data from the sensor,
• determine a child presence indication of whether a child is present in the vehicle based on the vehicle data,
• determine a state of a windshield of the vehicle based on the vehicle data,
• determine an occupant seatbelt indication of whether each occupant of the vehicle has a fastened seatbelt,
• determine an ejected occupant indication of whether an occupant of the vehicle was ejected from the vehicle during the vehicle accident when (i) the state of a windshield of the vehicle is a cracked state and (ii) the occupant seatbelt indication indicates that each occupant of the vehicle does not have a fastened seatbelt,
• generate an emergency message including the child presence indication, the state of a windshield of the vehicle, and the ejected occupant indication, and
• automatically transmit the emergency message to an emergency responder.