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, has been awarded a $891,656.62 federal Formula Grant from 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.

The grant funding will enable AGOHS to implement data-driven countermeasure strategies, enforcement campaigns, training programs, and public awareness initiatives targeting critical highway safety priorities such as occupant protection, impaired driving, traffic records improvements, and vulnerable road user safety. AGOHS will collaborate with state and local agencies to deliver these initiatives, leveraging federal resources to enhance Arizona's transportation safety system.

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.