The Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) was created pursuant to Ind. Code § 9-27-2 and located within the Traffic Safety Division (TSD) of the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute. The office is responsible for the state's traffic safety program including the administration and distribution of federal funds that Congress appropriates annually. The purpose of this office is to develop and conduct effective programs and activities for the facilitation of traffic and for the protection and conservation of life and property on Indiana streets and highways.
The Comprehensive Highway Injury Reduction Program (CHIRP) Grant provides funding to state agencies and units of local government to support traffic safety projects that are proven to reduce deaths and severe injuries and that fulfill one or more of the following purposes:
- To reduce injuries and deaths resulting from motor vehicles being driven in excess of posted speed limits;
- To encourage the proper use of occupant protection devices;
- To reduce injuries and deaths resulting from persons driving motor vehicles while impaired by alcohol or a controlled substance;
- To prevent accidents and reduce injuries and deaths resulting from accidents involving motor vehicles and motorcycles;
- To reduce injuries and deaths resulting from accidents involving school buses;
- To reduce accidents resulting from unsafe driving behavior;
- To improve law enforcement services in motor vehicle accident prevention, traffic supervision, and post-accident procedures; and
- To improve pedestrian performance and bicycle safety
Traffic Safety Division's FY2025 Comprehensive Hoosier Highway's Injury Reduction Program (CHIRP) provides programs that can be comprehensively applied for in ICJI's IntelliGrants System. Applicants will select any and/or all programs in one collective application process.
Applications for funding should fall under one of the CHIRP priority areas identified below.
- Click it to Live it Project (CITLI): CITLI is a high visibility enforcement (HVE) project focused on preventing and reducing traffic injuries and/or fatal crashes resulting from individuals riding unrestrained or improperly restrained in motor vehicles.
- Driving Under the Influence Task Force Project (DUITF): DUITF projects adopt and implement effective programs to reduce traffic safety problems resulting from individuals driving motor vehicles while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or a combination of alcohol and drugs.
- Stop Arm Violation Enforcement Project (SAVE): SAVE projects have a specific objective to utilize high visibility enforcement (HVE) in areas reported through a collaborative partnership between school corporations, school resource officers, and school bus drivers to identify areas where school bus stop arm violations are occurring. Participating agencies are encouraged to follow school bus routes to provide on the spot enforcement, focusing on stop arm violations, speeding, and reckless driving around school buses and in school zones when children are present.
- High Visibility Awareness Motorcycle Project (MC-HVA): MC-HVA projects include activities that target the reduction of motorcycle accidents. MC-HVA combines high visibility enforcement with elements that educate the public and heighten awareness of motorcycles on the roadway.
- PEDBIKE Project: PedBike projects promote efforts to decrease nonmotorized road user fatalities from injuries that result from a crash involving a motor vehicle. For this program, a nonmotorized road user means a pedestrian; an individual using a nonmotorized mode of transportation, including a bicycle, a scooter, or a personal conveyance; electric bicycle, electric scooter, personal mobility assistance device, or all-terrain vehicle