The best dash cams can massively increase your safety on the road. A basic dashboard camera will recording the road ahead, providing evidence in case of an insurance or legal claim, but the best dash cams do so much more, offering driver aids to alert to lane drift or getting too close to a vehicle in front – or even contacting emergency services automatically.
Dash cam footage can provide important evidence of driving incidents, so while it's not necessary for dash cams to record high resolution 4K video, it's definitely going to be an advantage if events take place in the distance.
And while regular dash cams just cover the front of a vehicle, showing the view through the windscreen, some come in pairs with a second rear-facing camera to record what's going on behind as well. We've included a mixture of both types in this guide, but if you're positive you want front-and-back coverage, then we have a dedicated guide to the best front and rear dash cams that features this kind exclusively.
