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 Ohio Department of Public Safety, State Highway Patrol $101,892.67 under the Section 405(B) Occupant Protection Grant on October 1, 2025, to support costs of the state occupant protection program consistent with 23 C.F.R. 1300.21(f). The award funds countermeasure strategies and planned projects designed to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes, implemented in accordance with the state's approved triennial highway safety plan and annual grant application. The recipient qualifies under statutory requirements for a high or low seat belt use category and receives funds through the National Priority Safety Programs formula apportionment (CFDA 20.616). Work is performed in Columbus, Ohio. The period of performance extends from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2029. Federal share is reimbursed on claims submitted in vouchers 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.