An engine control unit has a data memory for storing freeze frame data
that is data indicating the operating status of vehicle equipment at the
time when an abnormality of the vehicle equipment is detected. The engine
control unit saves the freeze frame data stored in the data memory in a
storage unit of a management station outside the vehicle through radio
communication. The engine control unit determines the properness of the
communication and performs a memory operation for erasing the relevant
freeze frame data from the data memory based on a determination that the
communication has been properly performed.