999 and 112: the UK's national emergency numbers

Publisher

UK Government (GOV.UK)

URL

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/999-and-112-the-uks-national-emergency-numbers

Published

2025-04-01

Updated

unknown

Accessed

2026-09-24

HTTP status

200

License

Open Government Licence v3.0; OGL permits reuse with attribution; short excerpts kept here anyway

Source notes citing this source

• In the UK, both 999 and 112 reach the same national emergency call service; 112 is the pan-European equivalent of 999. in context
• GOV.UK states that BT plc answers UK 999/112 calls in one of 7 call-handling centres and routes them to the appropriate emergency service control room using automatic caller location data. in context

Cite this source record

APA

WarmTransfer. (2025, April 1). 999 and 112: the UK's national emergency numbers. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/govuk-999-112-uk-emergency-numbers

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-govuk-999-112-uk-emergency-numbers,
  title  = {999 and 112: the UK's national emergency numbers},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2025},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/govuk-999-112-uk-emergency-numbers},
  note   = {UK Government (GOV.UK), accessed 2026-09-24}
}