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 Public Safety South Carolina Department (Office of Justice Programs) $298,083.01 on October 1, 2025, under the State and Community Highway Safety formula grant program (CFDA 20.600), also known as Section 402 State and Community Highway Safety Grant. The award funds highway safety programs under South Carolina's approved Highway Safety Plan, supporting behavioral countermeasures to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage through strategies identified in the state's triennial planning and annual grant application process. The recipient administers the award as the state's designated highway safety office. Performance extends through September 30, 2029, with place of performance in Blythewood, South Carolina. Formula grant awards under Section 402 are apportioned to states using statutory formulas based on approved triennial and annual highway safety plans detailing problem identification, performance measures, and countermeasure strategies.

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.