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 Department of Public Safety State Utah Administration Division (doing business as Ucan) $189,807.34 under the State and Community Highway Safety formula grant program (CFDA 20.600) on October 1, 2025. The award funds highway safety programs conducted under Utah's approved Highway Safety Plan, which identifies problems, establishes performance measures, and details countermeasure strategies to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, injuries, and property damage through behavioral highway safety initiatives. The grant period runs through September 30, 2029, with work performed in Taylorsville, Utah 84129. Section 402 funding is apportioned to states using a statutory formula and requires an approved triennial Highway Safety Plan and annual Grant Application detailing planned projects and countermeasure strategies. The recipient administers the program as both a direct service provider and pass-through entity, distributing federal funding to local governments, tribal associations, nonprofits, and other state agencies to implement highway safety capabilities across Utah.

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.