Patent ID: 8160771

Claim:
A vehicular data recording apparatus that performs a data recording/retaining process relevant to a crash of a vehicle, comprising: a crash detection portion configured to detect a crash of the vehicle; and a recording process portion configured to record and retain output data of various vehicle-mounted sensors mounted in the vehicle, in a non-volatile memory, wherein if a plurality of crashes are detected continually in close proximity in time by the crash detection portion, the recording process portion is configured to perform a data recording/retaining process relevant to each crash in accordance with a predetermined order of priority of each crash, wherein if a plurality of crashes different in crash form are detected continually in a short time by the crash detection portion, the recording process portion is configured to perform the data recording/retaining process relevant to each crash in accordance with an order of priority based on the crash form of each crash, and wherein if, during the data recording/retaining process relevant to a first crash following detection of the first crash, a second crash higher in the order of priority than the first crash is detected by the crash detection portion, the recording process portion is configured to interrupt the data recording/retaining process relevant to the first crash, and configured to perform the data recording/retaining process relevant to the second crash.