Section 405(G) nonmotorized safety grant (23 C.F.R. & 1300.26; 23 U.S.C. & 405(G)) - grant to support enforcement of the state's laws applicable to pedestrian and bicycle safety through law…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awarded a $179,217.68 Formula Grant under the National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616) to the Washington Traffic Safety Commission. The grant supports enforcement of the state's laws applicable to pedestrian and bicycle safety through law enforcement training, enforcement mobilizations and campaigns, and public education and awareness programs. The funding will be used to address the state's high percentage of nonmotorized road user fatalities, where combined pedestrian and bicycle fatalities exceed 15% of total crash fatalities. These formula grant funds, which are apportioned based on a statutory formula, will be used to implement evidence-based countermeasures and strategies outlined in the state's approved highway safety plan to help reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving motor vehicles. The award period runs from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027.

Section 405(G) nonmotorized safety grant (23 C.F.R. & 1300.26; 23 U.S.C. & 405(G)) - grant to support enforcement of the state's laws applicable to pedestrian and bicycle safety through law enforcement training, enforcement mobilizations and campaigns, and public education and awareness programs. 405(G) funding is available to qualifying states where the state's annual combined nonmotorized road user fatalities exceed 15 percent of the state's total annual crash fatalities based on the most recent calendar year for which final fars data are available, as determined by nhtsa. 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.