WASHINGTON, D.C. -

Used-car managers now have another tool to check if that vehicle they’re about to take as a trade-in has an open recall.

On Thursday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) unveiled a new cloud-based recall dashboard designed to make searching for auto safety recall data easy and efficient.

NHTSA highlighted the dashboard offers user-friendly and transparent ways to sort, filter, visualize and export recall data.

The agency said the dashboard will be updated daily.

According to a news release, the new dashboard allows users to sort and filter data, search by keyword, and export data in CSV, TSV for Excel, XML, and other formats. It also presents data in easy-to-read charts and graphs.

Previously, NHTSA made its recall data available through a bulk download, requiring users to download large data files and import them into a database like Microsoft Access. This has long been available to the public, but NHTSA acting administrator Steven Cliff said this new dashboard makes that information easier to access and analyze.

“This new dashboard provides unprecedented transparency into the recall process,” Cliff said in the news release. “More than 50 years of recall data are now easily available to the media, researchers, safety advocates, and anyone interested in learning more about vehicle safety.

“This initiative is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s commitment to safety on our roadways, and it provides increased transparency and accountability to the American people,” he went on to say.

The dashboard can be accessed here.