Abstract: The invention concerns a recording and/or storage device comprising at least a camera (V1 to V4) mounted on the vehicle (20) and designed to deliver continuously a series of images and an electronic circuit (21) capable of transferring at every moment, into a buffer (23), the images delivered by the camera (V1 to V4) so that at every moment, said storage contains a sequence of images photographed by the camera for a predetermined time interval preceding said moment, and an impact sensor (25). The transfer of the data contained in the buffer (23), into a storage memory (24) for subsequent playback can be performed in response to a command carried out by the driver or optionally automatically following detection of an impact.