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 Pennsylvania Department of Transportation $185,688.80 on October 1, 2025, under the National Priority Safety Programs formula grant (CFDA 20.616), Section 405(h) Preventing Roadside Deaths Countermeasures Grant, to support state programs that prevent death and injury from crashes involving motor vehicles striking other vehicles and individuals stopped at the roadside.

The recipient implements countermeasure strategies and projects designed to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes through an approved triennial highway safety plan and annual grant application that detail problem identification, public participation and engagement, performance measures, and countermeasure strategies. Funding is obligated at $185,688.80 and covers the period of performance from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029, with place of performance at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania qualifies as a Section 405(h) eligible state by adopting and implementing effective roadside death prevention programs consistent with applicable regulations. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation operates as a division of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and administers federal transportation infrastructure funding as the state's primary implementor of highway safety and infrastructure programs.

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.