Rochelle Sobel, president and founder of ASIRT, created the organization in 1995, in response to her son Aron's death in a bus crash in Turkey.
ASIRT helped found the US Congressional Caucus on Global Road Safety, and is an internationally influential and active organization.
Working under the premise that road crashes are predictable and preventable, ASIRT serves the global community in a variety of ways to help reduce injuries and deaths and the associated social and economic impacts that result from them.
ASIRT's headquarters are in Potomac, Maryland; however, ASIRT works nationally, in the U.S., and globally through the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC), the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety, and many other organizations.
Working with Members of the U.S. State Department: ASIRT encourages State Department efforts on road safety by: Working with the international community: ASIRT is a leader in the global road safety community, informing and cooperating with the World Health Organization (WHO), the U.N. and the World Bank.