An electric brake device comprising: a brake rotor; a pressing member; an electric actuator configured to press the pressing member against the brake rotor; and a control device configured to control the electric actuator, wherein the control device includes: a basic control module configured to activate the electric actuator in response to an operation performed on a brake application device by a driver, so that the pressing member is pressed against the brake rotor to apply a braking force to the brake rotor; an abnormality detecting operation control module configured to activate the electric actuator according to a predetermined condition during the traveling of a vehicle in the absence of the operation of the brake application device; and an abnormality detection module configured to obtain a measured value of a predetermined item related to the vehicle when the electric actuator is activated by the abnormality detecting operation control module, and to compare the measured value with an estimated value or a set value to detect presence/absence of abnormality in the electric brake device, wherein the control device further includes: an abnormality detecting operation timer configured to send a command which causes the abnormality detecting operation control module to execute an abnormality detecting operation to activate the electric actuator, to the abnormality detecting operation control module at a given time interval, in a case where traveling of the vehicle in the absence of the operation of the brake application device for a given period of time is continued, and wherein the abnormality detecting operation control module is configured to activate the electric actuator in accordance with the command from the abnormality detecting operation timer. a brake rotor; a pressing member; an electric actuator configured to press the pressing member against the brake rotor; and a control device configured to control the electric actuator, wherein the control device includes: a basic control module configured to activate the electric actuator in response to an operation performed on a brake application device by a driver, so that the pressing member is pressed against the brake rotor to apply a braking force to the brake rotor; an abnormality detecting operation control module configured to activate the electric actuator according to a predetermined condition during the traveling of a vehicle in the absence of the operation of the brake application device; and an abnormality detection module configured to obtain a measured value of a predetermined item related to the vehicle when the electric actuator is activated by the abnormality detecting operation control module, and to compare the measured value with an estimated value or a set value to detect presence/absence of abnormality in the electric brake device, a basic control module configured to activate the electric actuator in response to an operation performed on a brake application device by a driver, so that the pressing member is pressed against the brake rotor to apply a braking force to the brake rotor; an abnormality detecting operation control module configured to activate the electric actuator according to a predetermined condition during the traveling of a vehicle in the absence of the operation of the brake application device; and an abnormality detection module configured to obtain a measured value of a predetermined item related to the vehicle when the electric actuator is activated by the abnormality detecting operation control module, and to compare the measured value with an estimated value or a set value to detect presence/absence of abnormality in the electric brake device, an abnormality detecting operation timer configured to send a command which causes the abnormality detecting operation control module to execute an abnormality detecting operation to activate the electric actuator, to the abnormality detecting operation control module at a given time interval, in a case where traveling of the vehicle in the absence of the operation of the brake application device for a given period of time is continued, and wherein the abnormality detecting operation control module is configured to activate the electric actuator in accordance with the command from the abnormality detecting operation timer.