Celebrating Our Truck Drivers

Allen Boyd from Mount Crawford, Va.

Warren Greeno, first driver to reach 3.5 million safe miles

Warren Greeno, first driver to reach 3.5 million consecutive safe miles.

We have the best truck drivers in the country and they play a big part in our company’s success. To thank them for the hard work they do each day, we participated in the nationwide “National Truck Driver Appreciation Week” August 24 through August 30, 2008, sponsored by the American Trucking Association.

Celebrating and giving back

Our goal was to recognize our drivers’ dedication and commitment via a fleet-wide, week-long celebration across the country. Associates participated in events such as Patriotic Day by honoring our country and wearing red, white and blue. Furthermore, “Safe Miles Invested in Local Education” coincided with National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. The Walmart Foundation donated to a local school one cent for every safe mile driven by an office’s drivers (maximum $5,000; minimum $1,000).

Drivers also take the time throughout the year to help people through Walmart Heart, raise funds and volunteer for the Victory Junction Gang Camp and Children’s Miracle Network, and help a traveler in need. Learn more about Walmart Heart.

Safety is our priority

As “Walmart’s Ambassadors of the Road,” our more than 8,000 drivers – who drive 7,000 tractors and 50,000 trailers – are committed to driving safely and providing excellent service – traveling 125,000 miles each year to deliver merchandise to our many stores and clubs.

Our Walmart private fleet is one of the largest and safest in the world. More than 1,960 of our drivers have more than one million consecutive accident-free miles, an increase of almost 400 drivers since last year.

In fact, our fleet overall averages 2.3 million miles per preventable accident! And our private fleet is at the forefront of environmental sustainability, finding ways to haul more freight while traveling fewer miles.

Achieving new milestones in safe driving

We’re proud to announce that Walmart Private Fleet Driver Warren Greeno recently achieved a new record: He’s our first driver to reach 3.5 million consecutive safe miles. That’s like traveling around the world at the equator more than 140 times without a single preventable accident. For this outstanding achievement, he gets to drive a new, customized Walmart tractor.

Congratulations to Warren for setting a new standard in safe driving for our stores.

Award Winners

Drivers at the ATA National Driving Championships

Twenty-two Walmart Private Fleet Drivers that participated in the event.

Twenty-two Walmart Private Fleet drivers competed in the National Truck Driving Championships in Houston for National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. Dubbed the "Super Bowl of Safety," drivers competed over a four-day period challenging their driving skills as well as knowledge of safety, equipment and the industry. Walmart’s Ben Moore was the national champion in flatbed. Karl Bohrer was awarded top honors in sleeper, followed by fellow Walmart drivers Gary Plant and Clark Welch, sweeping the category.

Our drivers are a critical part of our mission to “save people money, so they can live better” and we are proud they are part of our Walmart family. Learn more about our mission.