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 Department of Motor Vehicles New York State (operating as the Governors Traffic Safety Committee) $18,566,633.63 under the State and Community Highway Safety program (CFDA 20.600) on October 1, 2025. The award funds highway safety programs under New York State's approved Highway Safety Plan, with performance through September 30, 2029.

Section 402 funding supports behavioral highway safety countermeasures to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage. The recipient administers statewide highway safety initiatives across New York, distributing sub-awards to county health departments, academic institutions, courts, law enforcement agencies, non-profit organizations, and research entities to deliver impaired driving enforcement and training, occupant protection education and seat belt enforcement, child passenger safety training and installation, motorcycle rider training, bicycle and pedestrian safety education, traffic records system improvements, and law enforcement training on traffic safety practices. The award is a formula grant apportioned under statutory formula to states with approved triennial and annual grant applications. Place of performance is Albany, New York.

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.