Section 402 state and community highway safety grant (23 C.F.R. Subpart b to part 1300; 23 U.S.C. § 402) ― grant to conduct highway safety programs under the state's approved highway safety…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded the Executive Office of the State of Oklahoma, Office of the Governor, $293,688.64 on October 1, 2025, under the State and Community Highway Safety formula grant program (CFDA 20.600), Section 402.

The grant funds behavioral highway safety programs conducted under Oklahoma's approved highway safety plan, supporting evidence-based countermeasure strategies designed to reduce motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and fatalities. Oklahoma identifies safety problems, engages the public, establishes performance measures, and directs funds toward specific projects through its triennial highway safety plan and annual grant application. Work is performed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

The award obligates $293,688.64 with a period of performance from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. As a formula grant, the funding is apportioned to Oklahoma's state highway safety office using statutory apportionment formulas and does not require a competitive application; NHTSA Regional Administrators review the state's performance plan, triennial plan, and annual application for compliance and eligibility. States retain flexibility in determining which projects receive federal funds within the behavioral safety scope.

Section 402 state and community highway safety grant (23 C.F.R. Subpart b to part 1300; 23 U.S.C. § 402) ― grant to conduct highway safety programs under the state's approved highway safety plan.section 402 funding facilitates a coordinated national highway safety program to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage. A state may use these grant funds only for behavioral highway safety purposes. 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.