Section 405(h) preventing roadside deaths countermeasures grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.27; 23 U.S.C. § 405(h)) ― grant to support certain costs of state preventing roadside deaths programs consistent…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded the California Office of Traffic Safety $502,903.70 on October 1, 2025, under the National Priority Safety Programs formula grant (CFDA 20.616), Section 405(h) Preventing Roadside Deaths Countermeasures Grant program, to support state-level programs that prevent death and injury from crashes involving motor vehicles striking other vehicles and individuals stopped at the roadside.

The award funds the implementation of effective countermeasure strategies, public participation and engagement activities, and programmed projects designed to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities under California's triennial highway safety plan and approved annual grant application. The California Office of Traffic Safety, the state's designated highway safety office, administers the funding for statewide traffic safety initiatives.

The performance period runs from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2029. Work is performed in Elk Grove, California. The Section 405(h) program provides formula-apportioned funding to qualifying states that adopt and implement roadside death prevention programs, with NHTSA reviewing applications and state performance plans annually. Federal reimbursement occurs on claims submitted in vouchers covering incurred costs.

Section 405(h) preventing roadside deaths countermeasures grant (23 C.F.R. § 1300.27; 23 U.S.C. § 405(h)) ― grant to support certain costs of state preventing roadside deaths programs consistent with 23 C.F.R. § 1300.27(e). 405(h) funding is available to qualifying states that adopt and implement effective programs to prevent death and injury from crashes involving motor vehicles striking other vehicles and individuals stopped at the roadside. 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.