you can research this on gates.com a web site by a manufacturer of timing belts.
You want to find out if you have an “interference” engine in your car. Certainly all motors with a timing belt will stop running if the belt breaks. Even worse in an interference engine the internal moving parts collide, pistons smash into the valves. This pretty much damages the engine beyond repair and usually requires a search for a new motor. You are looking at about $2,000 to 3,000 dollars to get the car on the road again.
Your car most likely has a timing belt and I’m guessing the replacement interval is about every 7 years or 60K miles whichever comes first. Some cars have 100K intervals, so the gates site will help you on this point too.