Road Safety Foundation is an independent, non-governmental organisation established in 2017, dedicated to reducing the social and economic toll of road crashes through awareness, training, evidence and reform.
Road Safety Foundation was established in 2017 by transport and road-safety experts, legal professionals, educators, physicians, journalists, business community leaders and social activists. As a non-profit volunteer organisation, the Foundation is dedicated to enhancing overall road safety — encompassing widespread awareness raising, improving education for transport operators, and mitigating the impact of road crashes.
The Foundation works to develop road-safety research and to persuade policymakers to address road-safety issues. Our core focus areas are Education, Advocacy, Research, Digitization and Innovation. We are working to formulate a sustainable strategy for reducing the societal and economic toll of road crashes, and to provide a platform for future research and advocacy. The Foundation also serves as a pivotal organisation, fostering collaboration among various road-safety initiatives and community groups.
Road Safety Foundation is registered in the People's Republic of Bangladesh under the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms in accordance with the Societies Registration Act (Registration No. S-14514/2026). The Foundation operates nationwide across Bangladesh.
The importance of road safety is increasing globally, and Bangladesh remains committed to achieving the goals of the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021–2030. The Foundation aligns its programmes and initiatives with the World Health Organization's Five Pillars of Road Safety, the Safe System Approach, Sustainable Development Goal targets 3.6 and 11.2, the Stockholm Declaration (2020) and the Marrakech Declaration.
Our mission is articulated in two clear commitments — pursued through a systematic, inclusive and data-driven working strategy.
To enhance awareness among road users and relevant authorities regarding the social and economic consequences of road traffic crashes — making the true cost of inaction visible to the public, the press and the policymaker alike.
To identify the root causes of road traffic crashes and to work toward sustainable solutions — turning evidence into reforms that hold up over time, and that change behaviour on the ground rather than only on paper.
The Foundation's work is organised into five principal areas: public awareness and advocacy, policy support, training and capacity development, social welfare and legal assistance, and research.
Mobilising public opinion through campaigns, mass media and ground-level engagement — turning road safety from a private grief into a public agenda.
Placing evidence-based proposals before government and Parliament — and pushing institutional reform of the agencies that govern road transport.
Building skill, professionalism and a duty-of-care culture among the people who actually move Bangladesh — its drivers, transport workers and the next generation of road users.
Standing with crash victims and their families — from rightful compensation through long-term rehabilitation, and protecting the most vulnerable users of public transport.
Producing the evidence base that anchors everything else — and publicly recognising the drivers and operators who already practise what the data demands.
The Foundation is governed by a board of academics, public-health professionals, transport specialists and long-serving road-safety advocates. Click any portrait to read their full profile.