Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for licensed wireless in-vehicle network access based on emergency network access control. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) generally includes detecting a trigger event for an emergency network access procedure. The method also includes, in response to detecting the trigger event, transmitting a first message to a base station, the first message comprising a request to use one or more licensed bands for communication via a wireless in-vehicle network (wIVN). The method also includes receiving a second message from the base station, the second message granting the use of the one or more licensed bands for communication via the wIVN.