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 Arizona Governor's Office of Highway Safety (AGOHS), doing business as GHA, was awarded a $125,109.34 formula grant by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616). This grant, effective October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027, will support AGOHS's statewide efforts to reduce motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and fatalities in Arizona.

Specifically, the grant funding will enable AGOHS to implement evidence-based countermeasure strategies and programs targeting critical highway safety priorities, including occupant protection, impaired driving, traffic records improvements, and pedestrian/bicycle safety. AGOHS will utilize these federal resources to conduct enforcement campaigns, public education initiatives, training programs, and data system enhancements aligned with Arizona's approved Highway Safety Plan. As the designated State Highway Safety Office, AGOHS will work collaboratively with state and local agencies to deliver these lifesaving interventions 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.