An on-vehicle recording control apparatus comprising: a video data acquisition unit configure to acquire first video data and second video data, the first video data being captured by a first imaging unit configured to capture an image of surroundings of a vehicle, the second video data being captured by a second imaging unit configured to capture an image of inside of the vehicle; an orientation detection unit configured to detect, from the second video data, an orientation of one of a face and a line of sight of a driver of the vehicle, and configured to determine whether a first condition that the driver faces a direction other than a traveling direction of the vehicle is met; an event detection unit configured to detect occurrence of an event when acceleration information obtained by an acceleration sensor, which is configured to detect acceleration that is applied to the vehicle, is equal to or larger than a threshold; and a recording control unit that, if an event is detected, stores first video data including at least an event detection time point as event recording data, wherein the on-vehicle recording control apparatus is configured such that a if the orientation detection unit determines that the first condition is met, the on-vehicle recording control apparatus performs one of a process a), a process b), and a combination of the process a) and the process b), where a) the recording control unit adds an event recording start flag to the first video data, and if an event is detected while the first condition is met, the recording control unit stores, as the event recording data, the first video data from the event recording start flag to at least the event detection time point, and b) the event detection unit changes the threshold for the acceleration information to a reduced threshold and then detects an event. a video data acquisition unit configure to acquire first video data and second video data, the first video data being captured by a first imaging unit configured to capture an image of surroundings of a vehicle, the second video data being captured by a second imaging unit configured to capture an image of inside of the vehicle; an orientation detection unit configured to detect, from the second video data, an orientation of one of a face and a line of sight of a driver of the vehicle, and configured to determine whether a first condition that the driver faces a direction other than a traveling direction of the vehicle is met; an event detection unit configured to detect occurrence of an event when acceleration information obtained by an acceleration sensor, which is configured to detect acceleration that is applied to the vehicle, is equal to or larger than a threshold; and a recording control unit that, if an event is detected, stores first video data including at least an event detection time point as event recording data, wherein the on-vehicle recording control apparatus is configured such that a if the orientation detection unit determines that the first condition is met, the on-vehicle recording control apparatus performs one of a process a), a process b), and a combination of the process a) and the process b), where a) the recording control unit adds an event recording start flag to the first video data, and if an event is detected while the first condition is met, the recording control unit stores, as the event recording data, the first video data from the event recording start flag to at least the event detection time point, and b) the event detection unit changes the threshold for the acceleration information to a reduced threshold and then detects an event. a) the recording control unit adds an event recording start flag to the first video data, and if an event is detected while the first condition is met, the recording control unit stores, as the event recording data, the first video data from the event recording start flag to at least the event detection time point, and b) the event detection unit changes the threshold for the acceleration information to a reduced threshold and then detects an event.