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 Office Of Highway Safety, a U.S. State Government entity, has received a $105,600.33 Formula Grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616). This grant supports the implementation of various highway safety programs and evidence-based countermeasures in New Hampshire, with the goal of reducing crashes, injuries, and fatalities on public roads.

The grant funds will be used to deliver data-driven initiatives such as enforcement patrols, DUI checkpoints, traffic safety advertising campaigns, child passenger safety programs, equipment and training for law enforcement, and upgrades to state traffic data systems. These efforts target key highway safety priorities like occupant protection, impaired driving, distracted driving, motorcyclist safety, and non-motorized road user safety. The Office Of Highway Safety collaborates with sub-awardees, including the New Hampshire Department of Safety, Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and municipal police departments, to implement these grant-funded activities across 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.