Specifications

SAFETY 221

Event Data Recorder (EDR)

This vehicle is equipped with an Event Data Recorder (EDR).

The main purpose of an EDR is to record, in certain crash or

near crash-like situations, such as an air bag deployment or

hitting a road obstacle, data that will assist in understanding

how a vehicle’s systems performed. The EDR is designed to

record data related to vehicle dynamics and safety systems

for a short period of time, typically 30 seconds or less. The

EDR in this vehicle is designed to record such data as:

• How various systems in your vehicle were operating;

• Whether or not the driver and passenger safety belts were

buckled/fastened;

• How far (if at all) the driver was depressing the accelerator

and/or brake pedal; and,

• How fast the vehicle was traveling.

These data can help provide a better understanding of the

circumstances in which crashes and injuries occur.

NOTE:

EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if a non-trivial

crash situation occurs; no data are recorded by the EDR

under normal driving conditions and no personal data (e.g.,

name, gender, age, and crash location) are recorded.

However, other parties, such as law enforcement, could

combine the EDR data with the type of personally identi-

fying data routinely acquired during a crash investigation.

To read data recorded by an EDR, special equipment is

required, and access to the vehicle or the EDR is needed. In

addition to the vehicle manufacturer, other parties, such as

law enforcement, that have the special equipment, can read

the information if they have access to the vehicle or the EDR.

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