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Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research

Program Information

Popular name

Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program

Program Number

20.620

Program objective

The objective is to carry out a cooperative research and evaluation program to research and evaluate priority highway safety countermeasures. This cooperative research program is required by statute. NHTSA is required to cooperate with the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) in managing this activity. Under the program, NHTSA provides assistance to GHSA to evaluate and make awards to projects that further traffic safety.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2024

    Since program inception, 42 projects have been identified for funding. Eleven have resulted in publications, including Moped and Motor Scooter (50 cc or less) Safety: Issues and Countermeasures, E-Scooter Safety: Issues and Solutions, and MPO and SHSO Coordination on Behavioral Traffic Safety. More information on active and completed projects can be found at https://www.trb.org/BTSCRP/BTSCRPProjects.aspx

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

2 CFR parts 200, 1200 and 1201.

Program details

Program types

Eligible applicants

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Federal
  • State

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