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 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded the Arizona Governor's Office of Highway Safety $781,111.65 on October 1, 2025, under the Section 405(B) Occupant Protection Grant program (CFDA 20.616, National Priority Safety Programs).

The award funds occupant protection activities in Arizona including countermeasure strategies and programs designed to reduce motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and fatalities through evidence-based initiatives consistent with the state's approved triennial highway safety plan and annual grant application. Arizona qualifies for Section 405(B) funding by meeting statutory seat belt use category requirements. The funds support occupant protection program costs, including seat belt enforcement campaigns and public awareness efforts.

The award obligates $781,111.65 with a period of performance from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. Work is performed in Phoenix, Arizona. Funding is provided to the state highway safety office based on the approved triennial highway safety plan detailing problem identification, public participation, performance measures, and countermeasure strategies, along with the approved annual grant application detailing planned projects. Federal share is reimbursed on voucher claims covering incurred costs.

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.