The road infrastructure in cities is generally geared towards the mobility of cars, even though only a small fraction of road users in Indian cities travel by car. This misalignment of priorities is the main reason why 3 out of 4 road fatalities belong to the neglected road user group compromising of pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists.

Globally, cities have adopted a more holistic approach to designing cities that cater to the needs of all road users. To provide solutions to these issues, the Vision Zero initiative has been adopted by cities across the world. A global movement initiated in Sweden, Vision Zero aims at achieving zero traffic fatalities by modifying the infrastructure keeping in mind that human error on roads is unavoidable by adopting a safe system approach.

Haryana Vision Zero program was launched by Shri Manohar Lal Khattar, honorable Chief Minister, Haryana on 2nd May 2017 at Gurugram. Haryana is the first state in India to officially adopt the Vision Zero approach. The Vision Zero approach has been adopted in several parts of the developed world to reduce the number of traffic fatalities to zero focusing on forgiving infrastructure, safer roads, coordinated strategy, and joint efforts of all the stakeholders. This program has been successfully advancing towards its vision to minimize traffic fatalities all over the state through the #SafetyFirst approach.