Formula Grant 69A37526300004020NC0

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awarded the North Carolina Department of Transportation Division of Aviation a Section 402 State and Community Highway Safety Grant in the amount of $3,507,912.90, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. This formula grant (CFDA 20.600) supports the implementation of behavioral highway safety programs designed to reduce traffic crashes, injuries, and fatalities across North Carolina. The funding is utilized exclusively for behavioral highway safety purposes and is administered through the state's approved Triennial Highway Safety Plan and annual grant applications, which identify specific traffic safety challenges and establish evidence-based countermeasure strategies.

Under this award, the awardee delivers comprehensive highway safety initiatives including public engagement campaigns, enforcement mobilizations, performance measurement activities, and implementation of targeted behavioral safety programs addressing occupant protection, impaired driving prevention, motorcyclist safety, and nonmotorized road user protection. The grant operates within a federal-state partnership model that provides the state with flexibility in program administration while maintaining NHTSA oversight of performance measures and compliance with approved highway safety plans. All funded activities are contingent upon documented problem identification, public participation strategies, and measurable outcomes aimed at reducing motor vehicle crash-related deaths, injuries, and property damage.