2024-2027

Saving lives on India’s roads

©SaveLife Foundation

2024-2027

Savelife Foundation

SaveLIFE Foundation is committed to halving India’s road crash deaths by 2030 and scaling the effort beyond India to save a total of one million lives. 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 plans to expand to 20 States, covering 100 highways and 100 districts.

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CHALLENGE

Road crashes claim 1.35 million lives globally per year (WHO 2018). 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. Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death nationally for people aged 10-29.

ACTION

SaveLIFE identifies high-risk road sections, conducts scientific crash investigations, and designs and tests interventions to reduce crashes and prevent traffic deaths. Its government partners then implement the road safety changes SaveLIFE teams have recommended, including improvements in infrastructure and trauma care.

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

IMPACT

reduction in road deaths

on average on highways where SaveLIFE’s recommendations have been implemented

25,000

police officers and citizen volunteers

trained and mobilised as medical first-responders

20,000

high-risk drivers trained

in anticipatory driving and accident prevention skills

9,000

lives saved every year

thanks to law changes advocated, including nationwide ban on trucks carrying protruding rods