NPTC Announces 2025 Fleet Safety Awards

ARLINGTON, VA – Thirteen private fleets who have demonstrated continued improvement and dedication in elevating their safety performance year over year have been honored by receiving the NPTC Fleet Safety Awards, sponsored by International Motors. The recognition took place in conjunction with the NPTC Annual Education Management Conference and Exhibition, which was held May 11-13 in Orlando, Fla.

”The Fleet Safety Awards recognize NPTC member companies that work to make safety a priority in their private fleet operations,” said Kate Mirise, CTP, Chair of the NPTC Safety Committee and Central Ohio Logistics Manager for The Royal Group. “These annual fleet safety awards in particular recognize companies with the lowest ratio of accidents per million miles for the past year.” This year’s winners (based on safety performance achieved in 2024) are:

LOCAL (fleets whose vehicles deliver in a local market regardless of size)

1. United Scrap Metal, Inc.
1. Messer LLC
1. Target Stores

REGIONAL (all other fleets, including long-haul)

1. America’s Service Line, LLC

MIXED SMALL (fewer than 100 vehicles)

1. RedGuard
2. Clinton’s Ditch Coop Co., Inc.
3. Hillyard, Inc.

MIXED LARGE (more than 100 vehicles)

1. Contract Transportation Systems/Sherwin-Williams Co.
2. Vantive
3. New South Express, Inc.

Also recognized were those fleets with outstanding and/or improved safety records based upon their crash rates. Winners of the Gold Seal, awarded to fleets with a terminal that experienced ZERO crashes in 2024, include:

- Hillyard, Inc.
- Interstate Batteries
- Messer LLC
- New South Express, Inc

Winners of the Silver Seal, presented to those companies with a terminal that reduced its vehicle crash rates by 40% or more compared to the previous year, were:

- Hillyard, Inc.
- Interstate Batteries
- Marathon Petroleum Company LP
- New South Express, Inc.

The Bronze Seal recognition is presented to companies with a terminal that reduced its vehicle crash rates by 20% to 39% from the previous year. The winners of the Bronze Seal are:

- Hillyard, Inc.
- Marathon Petroleum Company LP
- Orgill Transportation Co., LLC

About NPTC

Founded in 1939, the National Private Truck Council is the only national trade association exclusively representing the interests of the private truck industry and corporate/business private truck fleet management. With an actively engaged leadership team of Board representatives, member volunteers and staff, NPTC in the past decade has grown significantly to serve a rising professional class of private fleet practitioners meeting the challenges of modern corporate transportation. NPTC is the leading learning resource center, government affairs advocate, and business networking culture for America’s top private fleet and supplier member companies. The Council produces benchmarking, best practices, and economic data reports on the private fleet market; administers the highly regarded Certified Transportation Professional (CTP) training program, and conducts some of the most successful events in the trucking industry including the Annual Education Management Conference and Exhibition, the Private Fleet Management Institute, and the National Safety Conference. For more information about the Council’s activities and programs, visit our website at www.nptc.org.

About International

Based in Lisle, Illinois, International Motors, LLC* creates solutions that deliver greater uptime and productivity to our customers throughout the full operation of our commercial vehicles. We build International® trucks and engines and IC Bus® school and commercial buses that are as tough and as smart as the people who drive them. We also develop Fleetrite® aftermarket parts. In everything we do, our vision is to accelerate the impact of sustainable mobility to create the cleaner, safer world we all deserve. As of 2021, we joined Scania, MAN and Volkswagen Truck & Bus in TRATON GROUP, a global champion of the truck and transport services industry. To learn more, visit www.International.com.

*International Motors, LLC is d/b/a International Motors USA LLC in Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Texas, and Utah.