Ultimately, it also set the wheels in motion for success – a 102.2% improvement over the 2005 baseline performance levels. In 2005, a goal to double fleet efficiency within 10 years led to a renewed focus on loading, routing, driving, and collaborating with tractor trailer manufacturers to improve equipment technologies.
It’s about doing things safer, not faster.
Walmart achieves this exemplary record by focusing on training and incentives, keeping their well-maintained late-model fleet equipped with a variety of safety features, and empowering drivers to make the decision to “shut down” and pull over in bad weather situations whenever they don’t feel it’s safe to continue. In addition to being one of the safest private fleets, Walmart also has one of the largest – more than 6,000 tractors and 60,000 trailers. With over 2 million miles traveled between each preventable accident, Walmart is recognized by the industry for having one of the safest fleets in the country.
