Data request · Citizen request

Real time traffic accident data

The city should release real-time traffic accident data. Occasionally, (usually during a winter storm) the Ottawa Police will announce on twitter how many traffic accidents have been reported so far that day. I would like to get consistent real-time access to that data to provide useful information about how dangerous each day's commute is. I run the @YOW_Weather twitter account that uses real-time weather data to produce alerts and I would like to use real-time traffic accident data to do the same thing. This could be very useful information to allow people to decide whether they should drive during any particular winter storm.