Section 405(g) nonmotorized safety grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.26; 23 U.S.C. § 405(g)) ― grant to support programs to decrease nonmotorized road user fatalities involving a motor vehicle in transit on…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded the Puerto Rico Traffic Safety Commission (operating as Administracion De Compensaciones POR Accidentes De Automoviles, doing business as CST) $362,416.41 under the Section 405(G) Nonmotorized Safety Grant program on October 1, 2025. The award funds programs to decrease nonmotorized road user fatalities involving motor vehicles on trafficways, consistent with the National Priority Safety Programs formula grant structure (CFDA 20.616). Performance runs through September 30, 2029, with work performed in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Eligibility for Section 405(G) funding requires that the state's annual combined nonmotorized road user fatalities exceed 15 percent of the state's total annual crash fatalities based on the most recent calendar year for which final FARS data are available, as determined by NHTSA. Funds are apportioned using statutory formula and provided based on an approved triennial highway safety plan detailing problem identification, public participation and engagement, performance measures, and countermeasure strategies, alongside an approved annual grant application detailing planned projects using identified countermeasure strategies to help reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes. The recipient retains records for three years following submission of final expenditure reports, contract documents, and financial records pending audit resolution.

Section 405(g) nonmotorized safety grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.26; 23 U.S.C. § 405(g)) ― grant to support programs to decrease nonmotorized road user fatalities involving a motor vehicle in transit on a trafficway consistent with 23 C.F.R. § 1300.26(e). 405(g) funding is available to qualifying states where the state's annual combined nonmotorized road user fatalities exceed 15 percent of the state's total annual crash fatalities based on the most recent calendar year for which final fars data are available, as determined by nhtsa. 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.