Road crashes claim 1.35 million lives globally each year, primarily impacting low- and middle-income countries like India. Tragically, half of those who die have treatable injuries.
SaveLIFE Foundation improves road safety and emergency care in India, leading to sustained, measurable improvements in infrastructure design, enforcement frameworks, and access to quality care. SaveLIFE reduces the number and severity of road traffic injuries and deaths by combining data analysis, demonstration implementation, and policy advocacy to strategically align stakeholders across India’s public, private, and social sectors.
SaveLIFE’s model is built on using data and technology to identify high-risk zones on dangerous roads, conducting scientific crash investigations, and designing and testing interventions to reduce crashes and prevent fatalities. They collaborate with government partners who implement recommended road safety changes, including improvements in trauma care. SaveLIFE leverages their team’s expertise to advocate for policy improvements and partners with local, state, and national governments to build capacity and assist in policy implementation.
SaveLIFE has brought solutions to major transportation corridors in 15 Indian states, trained more than 20,000 first responders in basic life support, and achieved four national policy changes. Since 2021, through its partnership with India’s Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, SaveLIFE has scaled its Zero Fatality Corridor (ZFC) model to the top 100 most dangerous highways in the country, and successfully reduced fatalities on several highways.
1.3 million people in India have been killed in preventable road crashes in the last ten years.
SaveLIFE does data-driven research and forensic crash investigations to determine how crashes take place and identify solutions.
Piyush Tewari founded SaveLIFE in 2008 after his cousin died in a road crash.
They aim to save 1 million lives on the roads by 2030.
SaveLIFE Foundation is committed to saving lives on roads in India and beyond. An estimated 20 traffic deaths occur in India every hour, amounting to an often overlooked public health crisis. SaveLIFE’s model is a systemic intervention that builds an inclusive, responsive road safety and trauma care system in India.
Building on policy successes of recent years, SaveLIFE is creating a blueprint to encode road safety best practices at the state and union levels, including guaranteeing the right to emergency care in law.
Founder & CEO, SaveLIFE Foundation
Piyush Tewari is the founder and CEO of the SaveLIFE Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to improving road safety and trauma care in India since 2008. Renowned for securing a Good Samaritan Law for India and creating an effective model to cut highway fatalities, Tewari was named to the National Road Safety Council by the Indian government in 2021, serving on its highest road safety policy board. He earned his Bachelor's degree in IT from Delhi University and his Master's in Public Administration from Harvard University. His accolades include the Elevate Prize 2023 and the Rolex Award for Enterprise 2010. Tewari is recognized as an Ashoka Fellow, Echoing Green Fellow, Rainer Arnhold Fellow, World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and a DRKF Entrepreneur. He has been featured in The New York Times, National Geographic, Times of India, and Time magazine. Before founding SaveLIFE, he was the Managing Director at Calibrated Group, a U.S. based private equity fund, and left to start SaveLIFE after a family member's fatal road accident. He also worked as Program Manager at the India Brand Equity Fund, an initiative led by the Prime Minister of India.
