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 Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles $121,754.09 on October 1, 2025, under the Section 405(H) Preventing Roadside Deaths Countermeasures Grant program (CFDA 20.616, National Priority Safety Programs).

The funds support Virginia'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. The award is obligated through September 30, 2029. Performance and administration occur in Richmond, Virginia.

Under the National Priority Safety Programs framework, Section 405(H) funding is apportioned to states using a statutory formula and is contingent on an approved triennial highway safety plan detailing problem identification, public participation, performance measures, and countermeasure strategies, plus an approved annual grant application specifying planned projects. Virginia's Grants Management Division administers the award and implements highway safety initiatives designed to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities from roadside motor vehicle incidents. The formula grant assistance type is available to qualifying states that adopt and implement eligible roadside death prevention programs consistent with 23 C.F.R. § 1300.27(E).

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.