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 Executive Office of the State of Oklahoma has been awarded a $239,112.38 formula grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616). The funding will support the state's occupant protection programs consistent with 23 C.F.R. § 1300.21(f), including activities to encourage seat belt usage, improve traffic safety information systems, and implement evidence-based countermeasures to reduce motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and fatalities in Oklahoma. The grant period begins on October 1, 2023 and runs through September 30, 2027. The formula grant is designed to address critical highway safety priorities identified by Congress, providing flexible funding to states to address issues such as occupant protection, impaired driving, and distracted driving.

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.