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 North Carolina Department of Transportation Division of Aviation $152,599.46 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 North Carolina's roadside death prevention programs designed to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving motor vehicles striking other vehicles and individuals stopped at the roadside. Eligible activities are consistent with 23 C.F.R. 1300.27(e) and must align with the state's approved triennial highway safety plan and annual grant application detailing identified countermeasure strategies. Funding is apportioned using the statutory formula provided under 23 U.S.C. 405(h) and is available to qualifying states that adopt and implement effective roadside death prevention programs.

The period of performance runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029, with performance based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The formula grant program encourages states to address national highway safety priorities identified by Congress, including occupant protection, traffic safety information system improvements, impaired driving countermeasures, distracted driving, motorcyclist safety, nonmotorized safety, and driver and officer safety education. Federal reimbursement is provided on claims submitted through vouchers covering incurred costs, with all participants using the Electronic Transfer of Funds method.

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.