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I feel like the owner should get access rather than institutes or the manufacturers. Anyone else should figure it out with said owner.

What if the owner caused the accident and has an interest to deny access to the data?

Then you obtain a warrant for that data, as intended by due process of law. If the owner still refuses to hand it over, you have them on obstruction of justice.

Hah, you were a minute faster. :)

I'd go further still, the telemetry data should be standardised the same way OBD-II interfaces are. Open source the tech, or at least disclose it to researchers upon request.

In the first place, the owners of the cars should have full read access to all data that their car generates.

and then: "To protect your privacy, we have restricted this functionality, this way, your wife cannot know where you travelled."

In the EU at least, GDPR got this covered:

https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/your-right-to-data-port...

I don't know of any case in automotive where this kind of data was requested.