NPTC Honors Safe Private Fleets

Alexandria, VA – The National Private Truck Council (NPTC) recognized its member company private truck fleets for their continued safe operations during the recent 2004 NPTC Annual Education Management Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.

The NPTC-Bridgestone/Firestone Fleet of the Year Award is presented to those companies whose fleets experienced the lowest ratio of accidents per million miles for the past year. These awards are given for the entire fleet's vehicle accident frequency rate (VAFR) by fleet size and operational category. The winners for 2004 are:

Local Operation
Small Fleet
(less than 50 vehicles)

First Place: Barnes & Noble

Regional Operation
Small Fleet
(less than 50 vehicles)

First Place: Target Stores
Second Place: Clinton's Ditch Coop Co., Inc.
Third Place: Jerico Services, Inc.

Large Fleet
(50 vehicles or more)

First Place: Milliken & Company
Second Place: Harley-Davidson Transportation Company, Inc.
Third Place: Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

Mixed Operation
Small Fleet
(less than 50 vehicles)

First Place: Pendleton Woolen Mills
Second Place: Cooper Tire & Rubber Company

Large Fleet
(50 vehicles or more)

First Place: Dynegy Midstream Services, L.P.
Second Place: Russell Corporation
Third Place: Wal-Mart Transportation LLC

Also recognized were those fleets with outstanding and/or improved safety records based on their crash rates.

Gold Seal Award (Certificate of Achievement)
This certificate is awarded to a company and its employees for an outstanding safety performance, having operated its private truck fleet without experiencing a single accident during the past year.

Silver Seal Award (Certificate of Merit)
This certificate is awarded to a company and its employees for an improved safety record in the operations of its private fleet. The company reduced its accident frequency rate by 40% or more, compared to its record of the previous year.

Bronze Seal Award (Certificate of Progress)
This certificate is awarded to a company and its employees for making progress in reducing its accident frequency rate by 20% to 39% compared with its record of the previous year.

The 2004 Fleet Safety Award Winners are:

Gold Seal
ADM Trucking, Inc.
BP
Dynegy Midstream Services, L.P.
Hittman Transport Services, Inc.
Moen, Incorporated
Pendleton Woolen Mills
Target Stores

Silver Seal
ADM Trucking, Inc.
BP
Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC
Clinton's Ditch Coop Co., Inc.
Dynegy Midstream Services, L.P.
Walgreen Company
Yorktowne, Inc.

Bronze Seal
ADM Trucking, Inc.
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
BP
Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC
Dynegy Midstream Services, L.P.
Hittman Transport Services, Inc.
Magna Donnelly
Milliken and Company
Walgreen Company

About NPTC
NPTC is the only national trade association exclusively representing the interests of corporate and business truck fleet managers. Through NPTC, both fleet and allied members come together to share information that enables them to meet the demands of changing business, safety and regulatory issues as well as competitive challenges. NPTC and its members are working together to shape the future of the private fleet industry.

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