Does my car have an event data recorder?
Nick - Driven Forensics • 17 March 2025

Does your car have an event data recorder (EDR)?

Has your car been involved in a collision and your insurance has repudiated the claim? Or are you being investigated by the Police? Have you accessed your cars event data recorder?


Your event data recorder (EDR) can provide an independent witness to determine exactly what happened. It can be used in support of an insurance claim to determine who did what and when.


Driven Forensics forensic vehicle examiner can help you access and interpret your event data recorder (EDR).


What information can your event data recorder (EDR) provide?

The information provided from your event data recorder (EDR) will change make and model to make model, but it generally includes vehicle speed, engine speed, whether the brake and accelerator pedals were being depressed and if so, by how much, which seats were occupied and who was wearing seatbelts and more.


The next question. Does my car have an event data recorder?


The easiest way to answer that question is to contact Driven Forensics today. We only need to know the make, model and year of registration. We can then use this information to determine if your car has an event data recorder (EDR).


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