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Can an EDR tell us how many people were in the vehicle?
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Case question
Does the presence of an EDR mean occupant information is available for every seating position?
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What the evidence showed
A customer asked whether a 2021 Toyota Corolla EDR could establish additional occupants. Technical review found that the available dataset supported front-seat restraint information but did not provide the requested second- or third-row occupancy evidence.
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Practical takeaway
EDR capability is parameter-specific. An unavailable field is a real evidentiary limitation and should be stated explicitly rather than inferred.
The source evidence exhibit is provided below.
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Evidence exhibit
Complete front-seat restraint table for Most Recent (2nd Impact) from the Toyota Corolla report. These are the recorded fields available in this excerpt.
