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 State of New York has been awarded a $732,621.61 Formula Grant under the National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616) by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The grant supports the state's occupant protection programs consistent with 23 C.F.R. § 1300.21(f). The funding is available to qualifying states that meet statutory requirements for high or low seat belt use categories, and the funds are apportioned using a statutory formula. This grant provides ongoing support from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027 to help reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes in New York through data-driven highway safety projects, law enforcement training, public awareness campaigns, and improvements to occupant protection, impaired driving, motorcycle safety, pedestrian/bicycle safety, and traffic records systems.

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.