Cara is a range of low cost crash recorders developed  for the motor insurance industry.  Cara collects the information the industry needs to understand the cause and severity of an accident.

Cara crash recorders require no external power source. They utilise an internal battery pack that provides up to five years life, offering a simple low cost wire free installation.

Forces acting on the vehicle are recorded during the crash enabling accurate accident reconstruction.  In addition, twenty  seconds of build up and ten seconds of aftermath of the crash are recorded. This enables accident reconstructionists to identify how the vehicle was being driven.

Cara has dual sensors which capture information from the mildest of parking bumps to the most severe high speed crashes.

•Battery powered - Up to 5 year life

•Simple to install

•Non intrusive

•Records up to four crashes

•Measures G Force in 3 axes

Cara  Key Specification

•Self contained crash recorder with internal lithium power pack

•Typical battery life 4-5 years with up to 1000 driving hours  per year

•Records G-force on three axes

•Records up to four crashes

•Records 20 seconds of build up to each crash

•Records 10 seconds of the aftermath of each crash

•Automatic sampling rate selection

•Automatic range selection

•Robust ABS enclosure

•Crash recorder fits underneath driver’s or front or rear passenger seats

•Easily installed in all vehicles using only high strength adhesive tape

Cara Detailed Specification

•Measures ± 16 g in three axes on low range and  ± 50g in two axes on   high range

•Sampling rate 10Hz buildup/ aftermath/ sleep, 100Hz drive, 1kHz   precrash  and crash modes

•G-force accuracy ±10% on both ranges

•Timebase accuracy ± 5% in all modes

•Resolution 0.01g in all three axes in all modes on low range sensor

•Resolution 0.4g in Acceleration / Break and Left / Right axes in crash   mode on  high range sensor  

•Simple download of crash data to host computer

•Crash data frozen after switch off

•3.5mm jack provides RS232 link for data download

•Simple download of crash data to USB port on host computer using   Blacktrack  download adaptor

•Time and date stamp for each crash

•Dimensions - 85 x 65 x 22mm

•Weight - 110g

•Factory set time and date

•Interface to PC-Crash

•Optional Yaw rate sensor

•Optional GPS  accident location data

•Optional GPRS accident reporting