Section 405(B) occupant protection grant (23 C.F.R. & 1300.21; 23 U.S.C. & 405(B)) - grant to support certain costs of state occupant protection programs consistent with 23 C.F.R. & 1300.21(F)

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) received a $296,801.91 Formula Grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616). The grant funding is designed to support MoDOT's statewide occupant protection programs, including initiatives to increase seat belt use and implement evidence-based countermeasures to reduce motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and fatalities across Missouri. The 4-year grant period runs from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2027 and will enable MoDOT to enhance traffic safety data systems, conduct public education campaigns, and provide law enforcement training to promote occupant protection. As a key recipient of NHTSA Formula Grants, MoDOT leverages federal assistance to deliver critical transportation safety initiatives that improve mobility and reduce crashes throughout the state.

Section 405(B) funding is available to qualifying states that meet statutory requirements for a high or low seat belt use categories. These funds are apportioned using statutory apportionment formula. These funds are provided to the state and territorial highway safety offices based on an approved triennial highway safety plan that details problem identification, public participation and engagement, performance measures, countermeasure strategies for programming funds and an approved annual grant application that details planned projects using identified countermeasure strategies for programming funds to help reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes.