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The formula grant program is designed to encourage States to address national highway safety priorities to improve traffic safety for travelers using public roadways for areas identified by Congress which includes —Occupant Protection, State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements, Impaired Driving Countermeasures, Distracted Driving, Motorcyclist Safety, Nonmotorized Safety, Preventing Roadside Deaths, and Driver and Officer Safety Education.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
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2016 States are spending their grant funds in accordance with the regulations published in the Federal Register January 23, 2013 as an Interim Final Rule. 2016 States are spending their grant funds in accordance with the regulations published in the Federal Register January 23, 2013 as an Interim Final Rule.
States used these funds in accordance with the established requirements. Enforcement of State’s seat belt and child restraint laws, impaired driving laws, motorcycle awareness and training, training in pedestrian and bicycle safety, enforcement of distracted driving laws and improving State data systems to core highway safety databases, which include crash, citation and adjudication, driver, EMS or injury surveillance system, roadway and vehicle databases.
States used these funds for programs to increase seat belt and child restraint use, motorcyclist rider training, training for law enforcement on their State’s pedestrian and bicyclist riding laws, enforcement of their State’s alcohol and drug impaired driving laws, improving data systems in order to obtain more accurate and timely data, enforcing their State’s distracted driving laws and participation in the Click It or Ticket national seat belt enforcement mobilization, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over national alcohol impaired driving crackdown, Child Passenger Safety Week, Distracted Driving Awareness Week and educational programs for stakeholders and their communities on a variety of traffic safety subjects.
States utilized the National Priority Safety Program funds for increased seat belt and child passenger safety enforcement and education, and conducted programs such as checkpoints and saturation patrols to remove impaired drivers from the roadways. Funds were used to improve States data systems, education and enforcement of distracted driving laws, training regarding State’s pedestrian and bicycle safety laws, and mobilizations such as Click It or Ticket, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, Child Passenger Safety Week and Distracted Driving Awareness Week.
Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina participated in a Local Heroes program in Region 3. Local Heroes is a community-centered, multi-media initiative featuring law enforcement officers from State, local and county agencies. The goal of the program is to show the motoring public that officers care about their community and would rather write a ticket than make a death notification. The program compliments the national Click It or Ticket seat belt awareness and enforcement campaign.
States participated in Click it or Ticket high visibility enforcement campaign, and Child Passenger Safety Week and Seat Check Saturday with press events and seat checks both in person and virtually in light of the COVID-19 health emergency. States also provided funds for programs to combat distracted driving and reduce the incidence of impaired driving crashes. Distracted driving presentations and outreach to students and parents/guardians with a video showing the dangers of distracted driving, impaired driving or failure to buckle up, followed by an opportunity to see what can happen in a crash caused by driving distracted. Holiday Safety public service announcements were developed to be used during the Thanksgiving holidays through New Year’s. In addition, back to school drive safety spots were developed for a media buy. TIPS training for underage alcohol compliance checks at establishments that sell alcohol. Provide funds for motorcycle rider training courses.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
