An error analysis is given for convolution quadratures based on strongly A-stable Runge–Kutta methods, for the non-sectorial case of a convolution kernel with a Laplace transform that is polynomially bounded in a half-plane. The order of approximation depends on the classical order and stage order of the Runge–Kutta method and on the growth exponent of the Laplace transform. Numerical experiments with convolution quadratures based on the Radau IIA methods are given on an example of a time-domain boundary integral operator.