Dallas, TX-based Vision Impact Institute is finalizing a study on commercial driver safety in India, global executive director, Kristan Gross said. “There will be 25 million commercial drivers by 2020 in India,” Gross added, “and half have vision issues.”
According to preliminary results from a study conducted in 2017, in Delhi by the Central Road Research Institute, at least three in every 10 drivers were found to have impaired distance vision, while half of the drivers surveyed had poor near vision. The Delhi study included testing of 627 private car, taxi, truck and bus drivers. The complete study will be final in fall 2018, and will include assessments of 625 random subjects in each of three other metropolitan cities: Pune, Bangalore and Chennai.
Gross said that the Vision Impact Institute, an independent global entity funded by a grant from Essilor, a French company that produces ophthalmic lenses and optical equipment, has hired or is in the process of hiring program managers for India.
Last updated: December 26th, 2025
