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 North Carolina Department of Transportation Division of Aviation $263,003.09 on October 1, 2025, under the Section 402 State and Community Highway Safety Grant (CFDA 20.600), a formula grant program that funds behavioral highway safety programs to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage.

The award supports implementation of countermeasure strategies identified in North Carolina's approved Triennial Highway Safety Plan, including public engagement campaigns, enforcement mobilizations, and performance measurement initiatives targeting crash reduction across the state. Performance of work occurs in Raleigh, North Carolina, with an obligation period through September 30, 2029.

Section 402 funding is apportioned to state and territorial highway safety offices using statutory formulas and contingent upon approved triennial and annual grant applications that detail problem identification, performance measures, and evidence-based countermeasure programming. The federal-state partnership grants North Carolina discretion in administering its highway safety program and determining how federal funds support projects addressing state-identified priorities.

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.