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

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 & Co.
Second Place: Harley-Davidson Transportation Co., 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 Co.

Large Fleet (50 vehicles or more)
First Place: Dynegy Midstream Services, L.P.
Second Place: Russell Corp.
Third Place: Wal-Mart Transportation LLC

Also recognized were those fleets with outstanding and/or improved safety records based on their crash rates.
The 2004 Fleet Safety Award Winners are:

Gold Seal:

ADM Trucking Inc.
BP
Dynegy Midstream Services L.P.
Hittman Transport Services Inc.
Moen Inc.
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 Co.
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 Co.
Walgreen Co.

NPTC is the only national trade association exclusively representing the interests of corporate and business truck fleet managers.
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