Follow:
Our founder's story
In the midst of a routine Friday afternoon, fate played its hand, turning the mundane into a catalyst for transformation.
Yet, as the tapestry of my existence was being painstakingly restored over eight months, I found myself chasing the dreams that once skirted my reality. Five years on, despite vivid memories of the pain, the incident stands as a masterstroke in the grand painting of my life, teaching the power of trust, hope, and positivity in revealing the unexpected beauty hidden in life’s corners.
Scan to donate to support Safer Roads Now initiative. Or click here.
Preventable but with lifelong consequences
3200+
Death daily
130,000
Injuries daily
90% – 96%
Preventable human error
- #1 cause of death for ages 5 – 29
- 66% of fatalities are ages 18 – 59
- 77% – 81% of victims are male
- 1 in 4 survivors face lasting psychological trauma
- 6.18 million police reported crashes in the U.S. in 2024
- 2.8 million ER visits in the U.S. in 2023
- 586/day TBI related hospitalizations in the U.S.
- 38% of spinal cord injuries linked to crashes in the US
- 3% of GDP lost in many countries
Getting involved
Our growing impact
15,631
people reached through our site.
1,938
people committed to safer choices on the road through our online pledge.
5
driving school partners sharing road safety materials with new drivers and parents.
3
partner organizations supporting safer roads and community awareness.
6 daily outreach contacts
We reach out to 2 driving schools, 2 state or local agencies and 2 businesses each day to expand road safety education, data and prevention partnerships.
Thousands of pages
safety resources placed in the hands of new and developing drivers.
Why this impact matters
Safer roads are built before an accident happens. Research shows new habits take about 66 days on average to become automatic. Repeated pledges, reminders and safety messages can help turn safer choices into everyday routines.
The need is urgent. In the U.S. alone, NHTSA reported 39,254 traffic deaths in 2024, and distracted drivers injured an estimated 324,819 people in 2023.
Safer behavior can save lives. Seat belts reduce fatal injury risk by 45% for front seat passenger car occupants, and a review of 138 studies involving about 97,000 participants found that driving safety education and awareness improved most targeted safety behaviors.
That is why every pledge, visitor and partner matters.
Safer choices can prevent harm.
Everyone has a role to play.
Recent reach
Recent website visitors from locations where our safety message is being seen.
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
(IPv6 2a02:4780:xxxx:xxxx)
Dallas, Texas, United States
(IPv4 48.44.xxx.xxx)
Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela
(IPv4 206.0.xxx.xxx)
Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
(IPv6 2a03:4000:xxxx:xxxx)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
(IPv4 39.34.xxx.xxx)
Recent safety pledges
Recent pledge takers by state, country and partially masked IP information.
Virginia, United States
(IPv4 3.93.xxx.xxx)
Together for safety and healing
Traffic safety education
Through the Safer Roads Now initiative, Safety Behind the Wheel Foundation provides practical traffic safety education to help drivers, passengers, families, and communities make safer choices on the road. With more than 130,000 people injured globally every day and NHTSA research attributing 94% of vehicle crashes to human error, our program focuses on preventable risks such as distracted driving, speeding, impaired driving, drowsiness, seat belt non use, and sharing the road responsibly. By changing everyday behavior and reinforcing safer choices, we help prevent crashes before they happen, because every safe choice behind the wheel can save a life.
Survivor support
Every crash statistic represents a person, a family, and a future changed in an instant. The Safer Roads Now initiative addresses the hidden emotional and psychological wounds that often follow serious crashes, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, memory loss, brain fog, isolation, and loss of identity. Through peer support groups, counseling referrals, family resilience training, education, storytelling, and coping tools, the initiative helps survivors and families find encouragement, appropriate resources, and a path from fear and isolation toward understanding, stability, and hope. Together, we can ensure survivors are seen, supported, and never reduced to a number.
TBI & memory loss research support
Traffic crashes can cause life altering injuries, including traumatic brain injury, memory loss, and long term challenges that continue long after the crash scene is cleared. This fundraising program supports neurological research aimed at better detecting, understanding, and treating traumatic brain injuries that often remain invisible on standard scans. By advancing research into improved diagnostics, brain recovery, and long term cognitive health, the program helps move science closer to restoring memory, focus, independence, and quality of life for survivors.
About Safety Behind the Wheel Foundation
Safety Behind the Wheel Foundation was established in 2023 and became a recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in 2024. We are dedicated to making roads safer, supporting life changing accident survivors, and raising awareness about traumatic brain injury, memory loss, and long term emotional recovery.
Gifts to Safety Behind the Wheel Foundation, EIN 93-2485900, may be tax deductible to the extent allowed by law, allowing supporters to make a meaningful impact while receiving appropriate charitable giving documentation for their records.
SAFE DRIVING RESOURCE CENTER
Honoring lives. Inspiring safer roads.
Every person has a story, a family, and a memory worth carrying forward.
Our tribute space offers a meaningful way to honor loved ones whose lives were lost or forever changed on the road. Through remembrance, families and communities can celebrate the people they love while helping inspire greater care, awareness, and responsibility behind the wheel.
Visit the tribute space