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 North Carolina Department of Transportation $10,702,384.49 under the State and Community Highway Safety Grant program (CFDA 20.600) on October 1, 2025.

The award funds behavioral highway safety programs and countermeasure strategies aimed at reducing traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage across North Carolina. Activities include public engagement campaigns, enforcement mobilizations, performance measurement initiatives, and implementation of evidence-based safety countermeasures detailed in the state's approved Triennial Highway Safety Plan and Annual Grant Application.

The recipient is the NC Department of Transportation, Division of Aviation, headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. The grant period runs through September 30, 2029. Funding is apportioned using statutory formula and is contingent upon the state's approved highway safety plan that identifies problems, establishes performance measures, and specifies countermeasure strategies. The state retains flexibility in determining specific projects funded under the grant, with the Federal/State relationship structured as a partnership in which North Carolina identifies its own safety priorities and NHTSA provides oversight and continuous technical assistance.

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.