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 Missouri Department of Transportation $112,125.88 on October 1, 2025, under the Section 405(h) Preventing Roadside Deaths Countermeasures Grant program (CFDA 20.616, National Priority Safety Programs).

The award funds Missouri's implementation of effective programs to prevent death and injury from crashes involving motor vehicles striking other vehicles and individuals stopped at the roadside. MoDOT will execute projects using identified countermeasure strategies to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes, consistent with an approved triennial highway safety plan and annual grant application detailing problem identification, public participation and engagement, performance measures, and countermeasure strategies for programming funds.

The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029, with place of performance in Jefferson City, Missouri. The award is structured as a formula grant apportioned under statutory apportionment formula to qualifying states that adopt and implement such programs. Federal share is reimbursed on claims submitted in vouchers covering costs incurred.

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.