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Event data recorders were introduced to American open-wheel championship [[Championship Auto Racing Teams|CART]] in the [[1993 IndyCar season|1993 season]],<ref name=indyrec>{{cite web|title=Indy race cars are equipped with Crash Data Recorders to improve safety|url=http://www.nhtsa.gov/DOT/NHTSA/NRD/Articles/EDR/PDF/Research/Indy_race_cars_are_equipped_with_CRASH_DATA_RECORDERS-safety.pdf|website=NHTSA|publisher=Instrumented Sensor Technology, Inc.|access-date=19 June 2017|date=7 August 2001}}</ref> and the [[Formula One]] World Championship in 1997.<ref name=f1rec>[http://papers.sae.org/2000-01-3551/ The Analysis of Accident Data Recorder (ADR) Data in Formula 1] - Peter G. Wright, SAE Technical Paper, 13 November 2000</ref> Data collected by the recorders was used to improve safety and design factors in race vehicles<ref name=indyrec/> and racetracks.<ref name=f1rec/>

In North America, EDRs are not mandated on new vehicles, however, if they are installed, they must meet US DOT requirements governing the data they collect.,<ref name="CFREDR"/> however in the EU EDRs are required to be fitted to all new vehicles and the data from such vehicles must be accesible to law enforcement As of 2004, an estimated 40 million passenger vehicles are equipped with the devices.<ref name="TRB-report" /><ref name="usatoday-blackbox" />

In the UK many police and emergency service vehicles are fitted with a more accurate and detailed version that is produced by one of several independent companies. Both the Metropolitan police and the City of London police are long-term users of EDRs and have used the data recovered after an incident to convict both police officers and members of the public.