Asia Injury Prevention Foundation (commonly known as 'AIP Foundation') is a non-profit enterprise begun to combat the growing traffic crisis in Southeast Asia. Across the globe in developing countries, traffic safety is becoming an increasingly important issue as commerce is increasing at a rapid rate, while travel infrastructure has not been given the time, nor the opportunity to catch up. Every day 3,000 individuals and 500 children are killed because of road accidents. Over 85% of these causalites occur in low and middle-income countries. In Vietnam alone, 35 young people are killed a day from traffic accidents. Between 1999 and 2002 motorcycles on the road rose 100% and road deaths increased over 90%. In 2002, Vietnam recorded 28,658 traffic accidents. There were 12,735 fatalities and 32,131 injuries, that is a rate of 14.4 deaths per 10,000 motor vehicles. In the United States, the comparable figure is 2.1 deaths. To combat this situation, AIP Foundation began Helmets for Kids (HFK), a program which endeavors to provide every child a helmet.