Office Of Highway Safety

The Office of Highway Safety is a U.S. state government entity located in Concord, New Hampshire, registered with SAM.gov since January 2011. As New Hampshire's designated State Highway Safety Office, the organization administers federal grant programs aimed at reducing traffic crashes, fatalities, and injuries across the state through evidence-based behavioral safety initiatives and coordinated countermeasure strategies. The Office serves as the primary recipient and administrator of federal highway safety funding for the state, working in collaboration with various state agencies, local law enforcement, and community organizations to implement comprehensive traffic safety programs that address multiple priority areas including occupant protection, impaired driving prevention, distracted driving enforcement, motorcyclist safety, and non-motorized road user protection.

Through its federal grant awards from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Office of Highway Safety has received consistent formula grant funding across multiple programs, including the Section 402 State and Community Highway Safety Grant program, the Section 405 National Priority Safety Programs (occupant protection, impaired driving countermeasures, distracted driving, traffic safety information systems, motorcyclist safety, preventing roadside deaths, and non-motorized safety), and related initiatives. The grants enable the Office to fund enforcement patrols, DUI checkpoints and sobriety programs, traffic safety advertising campaigns, child passenger safety programs, law enforcement training and equipment, and upgrades to state traffic data systems. Key sub-awardees supporting these efforts include the New Hampshire Department of Safety, the Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General (which provides forensic laboratory services and toxicology training), Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (which administers statewide child passenger safety initiatives), and numerous municipal police departments throughout the state. Award amounts have ranged significantly, with the most substantial documented awards in the fiscal year 2023-2024 cycle, and all grants operate under four-year performance periods tied to New Hampshire's triennial highway safety plan. The Office maintains active grant awards extending through September 2029, demonstrating sustained federal investment in the state's highway safety infrastructure and programming.