This paper, on the basis of the current analysis of ship collision and the role of VDR, ad-vances the advice of the AIS data should be recorded in VDR according to the characteristics of AIS data, and the availability also be researched. 此文在介绍船舶碰撞事故分析和VDR作用的基础上,根据AIS所记录船舶数据的特点,提出了利用VDR记录AIS数据的建议,并对此可行性进行了分析研究。