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 the Idaho Department of Transportation $2,923,275 under the State and Community Highway Safety formula grant program (CFDA 20.600) on October 1, 2025. The funds support behavioral highway safety programs and countermeasure strategies detailed in Idaho's approved triennial and annual highway safety plans, targeting reduction of traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage across the state. The award period runs through September 30, 2029. Work is performed in Garden City, Idaho. The Idaho Department of Transportation acts as the state highway safety office, distributing Section 402 funding to local law enforcement and community safety partners under an approved highway safety plan that identifies problems, establishes performance measures, and programs countermeasure strategies. As a state agency and designated recipient of federal transportation formula grants, Idaho DOT passes funding through to sub-recipients including local governments and safety organizations aligned with the state's highway safety priorities.

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.