Section 402 state and community highway safety grant

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) received a $7.6 million formula grant award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the State and Community Highway Safety program (CFDA 20.600). The grant will fund MoDOT's administration of highway safety programs and services from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025.

As outlined in the grant program description, NHTSA's State and Community Highway Safety funding supports State Highway Safety Offices like MoDOT to administer data-driven programs designed to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, and injuries. MoDOT will likely use this formula grant to oversee initiatives focused on seat belt use, impaired and distracted driving, speeding and other behaviors associated with serious crashes. The award will also help fund coordination between MoDOT and other State and local partners involved in highway safety efforts through September 2025.