Real time public display dashboards: Reframing road traffic accidents in India

India’s escalating number of road traffic accidents, demands systemic transformation beyond traditional enforcement measures. This viewpoint proposes the establishment of a public, real-time Trauma Dashboard to transform fragmented, delayed reporting into an open, evidence-based system of accountability. The dashboard would integrate cross-verified datasets from police, hospitals, and insurance companies through interoperable digital platforms such as Open Data Kit (OTK), and Talend Open Studio, or similar platform hosted on the Government of India’s MeghRaj Cloud. Automated cross-verified data flows would provide dynamic insights into crash patterns, high-risk zones, and temporal trends. Drawing on successful precedents such as the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Air Quality Index and trauma registries - UK Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARN), US National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) and India’s National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO), this project proposes to facilitate continuous monitoring, policy responsiveness, and public awareness.