Section 405(E) distracted driving awareness grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.24; 23 U.S.C. § 405(E)) ― grant to support certain costs of state distracted driving programs consistent with 23 C.F.R. §…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded the Traffic Safety Commission $506,655.02 on October 1, 2025, under the Section 405(E) Distracted Driving Awareness Grant program (CFDA 20.616, National Priority Safety Programs).

The award supports Washington State's distracted driving programs, including public education campaigns, enforcement activities, and data-driven countermeasure strategies designed to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities resulting from distracted driving. Funding is available because Washington has enacted and enforces laws prohibiting texting while driving and youth cell phone use while driving.

The Traffic Safety Commission, Washington's designated State Highway Safety Office based in Olympia, administers the award through an approved triennial highway safety plan and annual grant application that detail problem identification, performance measures, and planned projects aligned with identified countermeasure strategies. The period of performance runs through September 30, 2029.

The Seattle Police Department serves as a sub-recipient, with funding supporting the activities of its Impaired Driving Training Coordinator.

Section 405(E) distracted driving awareness grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.24; 23 U.S.C. § 405(E)) ― grant to support certain costs of state distracted driving programs consistent with 23 C.F.R. § 1300.24(F). 405(E) funding is available to qualifying states that enact and enforce a law that prohibits texting while driving or prohibits youth cell phone use while driving. 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.