Translation guide
A device that records vehicle data around the time of a crash, similar to a 'black box' in aviation.
The device installed in cars, trucks, or other vehicles that automatically records speed, braking, and other data before and during a collision.
In Japanese, ドライブレコーダー (drive recorder) almost always means a dashboard camera that records video. An event data recorder (EDR) records vehicle sensor data and is not the same thing. Use イベントデータレコーダー or EDR for the crash data device.
The most direct and commonly used term in technical and official contexts, borrowed from English.
The event data recorder's logs were analyzed to investigate the cause of the accident.
Abbreviation commonly used in automotive industry documents and news reports.
This vehicle is equipped with an EDR.
Literally 'drive recorder', but this usually refers to a dashboard camera that records video, not the crash data recorder. Use with caution; it may cause confusion.
Often means 'dashcam', not the crash data recorder. Only use if context clearly refers to data recording, not video.
From the drive recorder's data, the speed just before the collision was determined.
A dashcam records video, but an EDR records vehicle data.