SaveLIFE Foundation

SaveLIFE Foundation is committed to halving India’s road crash deaths by 2030, and to scaling its efforts beyond India to other low-and middle-income countries in the Global South. The organisation partners with local, state and national governments to improve road safety and emergency care. As part of this, it identifies high-risk road sections and deploys diverse interventions to achieve sustained, measurable improvements. We're funding SaveLIFE as it scales its model to 100 districts and 100 high-risk road corridors across India, backed by a formal mandate from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of the Government of India.

slfglobal.org | Partner since 2024

Challenge

Road crashes claim 1.19 million lives annually worldwide (World Health Organization 2023). India faces a particularly severe crisis, with over 450 people losing their lives on its roads every day, mostly due to poor driver behaviour, inadequate road design and delayed trauma care. Road accidents are the leading cause of death in India for people aged 18 to 45. Many of the victims are breadwinners whose deaths may push families into poverty.

Response

SaveLIFE identifies high-risk road sections, conducts scientific crash investigations, and designs and tests interventions to reduce crashes and prevent traffic deaths. It partners with government agencies to scale proven solutions – treating high-risk road sections, training police and first responders, and upgrading emergency care facilities. Once results have been demonstrated, governments absorb the model into their own planning and budgets, multiplying the impact beyond SLF's direct investment.

SaveLIFE also advocates for policy changes and assists stakeholders with policy implementation, building on policy successes in recent years that include the introduction of the Good Samaritan Law, comprehensive reforms to India’s Motor Vehicle Act, and a nationwide ban on trucks carrying protruding rods, to name just a few.