Section 402 state and community highway safety grant (23 C.F.R. Subpart b to part 1300; 23 U.S.C. § 402) ― grant to conduct highway safety programs under the state’s approved highway safety…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded $35.278613 million to the California Office of Traffic Safety on October 1, 2025, under the State and Community Highway Safety Grant program (CFDA 20.600), a formula grant supporting behavioral highway safety programs aligned with California's approved highway safety plan. The award funds the state office to implement countermeasure strategies and coordinated highway safety initiatives aimed at reducing traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage across California. Performance runs through September 30, 2029, with administrative oversight at the California Office of Traffic Safety in Elk Grove, California. The grant obligates funds through the state's approved Triennial Highway Safety Plan and Annual Grant Application, which identify problem areas and detail specific projects employing evidence-based countermeasure strategies. The California Office of Traffic Safety, as the designated state highway safety office, administers the award to coordinate traffic safety programs in partnership with local agencies and community organizations throughout the state.

Section 402 state and community highway safety grant (23 C.F.R. Subpart b to part 1300; 23 U.S.C. § 402) ― grant to conduct highway safety programs under the state’s approved highway safety plan.section 402 funding facilitates a coordinated national highway safety program to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage. A state may use these grant funds only for behavioral highway safety purposes. 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.