Section 405(C) state traffic safety information system improvements grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.22; 23 U.S.C. § 405(C)) €• grant to support data program improvements in the accuracy, completeness,…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded the New Mexico Department of Transportation $451,309.53 on October 1, 2025, under the National Priority Safety Programs formula grant (CFDA 20.616), Section 405(c) State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements, to support improvements in the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, uniformity, accessibility, or integration of core highway safety databases.

New Mexico qualifies for this funding through its established Traffic Records Coordinating Committee, designated TRCC coordinator, and approved State traffic records strategic plan. The award supports data program improvements consistent with 23 C.F.R. 1300.22(d) and the State's approved triennial highway safety plan and annual grant application, which detail countermeasure strategies and planned projects designed to help reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes.

The award period runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029, with place of performance at Santa Fe, New Mexico. The New Mexico Department of Transportation, Transit and Rail Division, receives and administers the funding as the designated state highway safety office. The formula grant is apportioned to qualifying states under statutory apportionment and requires reimbursement on claims submitted in vouchers covering costs incurred. The State must retain project records for three years following submission of final expenditure reports and other deliverables, pending resolution of audit findings.

Section 405(C) state traffic safety information system improvements grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.22; 23 U.S.C. § 405(C)) €• grant to support data program improvements in the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, uniformity, accessibility, or integration of core highway safety databases consistent with 23 C.F.R. § 1300.22(D). Section 405(C) funding is avialable for state traffic safety information system improvements. Qualifying states are those that have a traffic records coordinating committee (TRCC); designated TRCC coordinator; and an approved state traffic records strategic plan. 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.