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 State of Florida Department of Transportation $108,971.29 on October 1, 2025, under the Section 405(H) Preventing Roadside Deaths Countermeasures Grant program (CFDA 20.616, National Priority Safety Programs).

The award supports Florida's adoption and implementation of effective programs to prevent death and injury from crashes involving motor vehicles striking other vehicles and individuals stopped at the roadside. Funding is obligated through September 30, 2029, with place of performance in Nashville, Tennessee.

The grant is apportioned to Florida using a statutory formula based on an approved triennial highway safety plan and annual grant application that detail problem identification, performance measures, and countermeasure strategies. Florida's highway safety office will program the funds toward projects designed to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities resulting from roadside motor vehicle incidents. Federal share is reimbursed on claims submitted via Electronic Transfer of Funds. The state must retain project records for three years following submission of a final expenditure report.

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.