Disclosed are a mobile terminal of a watch type and controlling method thereof. The present invention includes a display unit, a sensing unit, a communication unit configured to transmit/receive a signal with a vehicle accident recording device, and a controller controlling the display unit, the sensing unit and the communication unit, wherein if a state change of a user is sensed, an image request signal for requesting an image is transmitted to the vehicle accident recording device, wherein the image corresponds to at least one of a moving image and a still image corresponding to a first time point of sensing the state change, and wherein if the image is received from the vehicle accident recording device, a notification indicating that the image is received is provided. Accordingly, a photographed image is received from a vehicle accident recording device in case of sensing user's state change.