A video camera mounted on the dashboard or windscreen of a vehicle and used to continuously record the view of the road, traffic, etc., through the windscreen.
 the incident was filmed on a dashcam by a driver waiting at the junction
as modifier police have released dashcam footage from the officer's car
 Example sentencesExamples
-  The citizenry have resorted to installing dashcams to record police corruption.
 -  The dashcam video captured the man on tape, running away from the camera.
 -  The incident was recorded on the officer's dashcam.
 -  The dashcam clip filmed this Sunday shows a car overtaking a truck that has stopped on the inside lane.
 -  Some motorists have installed rear-facing dashcams too.