Onboard communication device, communication method and communication program

An onboard communication device that carries out communication with an exterior of a vehicle via a communication section that is installed at the vehicle and is of a communication standard that enables communication that is lower power than mobile communication standards and is longer range than short-range wireless communication standards, the onboard communication device comprising:

• an acquiring section that acquires at least one of a speed of the vehicle or position information of the vehicle;
• a judging section that judges whether or not communication by the communication section is possible, based on an acquisition result of the acquiring section;
• and
• a control section that effects control such that, in a case in which it is judged that communication by the communication section is not possible, vehicle information is stored together with time information in a storage section, and, in a case in which it is judged that communication is possible, the communication section transmits, to an external device at the exterior of the vehicle, the vehicle information to which is appended the time information that is stored in the storage section.