Patent ID: 6972674

Claim:
A lighting device for a vehicle comprising: a lighting unit in which a plurality of light emitting elements make a set to constitute a light emitting unit and the light emitting units are connected in parallel with each other; first breakage detecting means for detecting a breakage of the light emitting element constituting the light emitting unit for each of the light emitting units; second breakage detecting means for detecting whether a breakage of at least a predetermined number of light emitting units is generated or not; and control means for displaying generation of a breakage related to the light emitting unit when the breakage of the light emitting element constituting the light emitting unit is detected by the first breakage detecting means, and for flashing a light emitting unit in which the breakage is not detected or a lighting unit including only the light emitting unit in a shorter flashing cycle than a flashing cycle obtained before the detection of the breakage when the generation of the breakage of the at least a predetermined number of light emitting units is detected by the second breakage detecting means.