Safety

Safety Thursday & Field Safety Meetings

Since 1991, Landstar executives have hosted a nationwide Safety Thursday Conference Call on the third Thursday of every month to discuss safety topics with agents, owner-operators, customers, employees and invited guests, like law enforcement officers, key industry participants and representatives from state and federal industry regulators. Landstar field safety officers and other employees hold dozens of safety meetings each year throughout the United States and Canada to review and discuss safety-related best practices with agents, BCOs and customers.

Safe Equipment

Landstar’s emphasis on equipment compliance has led to our reputation as one of the safest companies in the industry. Landstar requires all trucks and trailing equipment leased from a BCO (owner-operator) to be inspected every 120 days at a Landstar-approved facility, which is more frequent than industry standards and what’s required by law.

In 2017, Landstar made the decision to outfit with reinforced rear-underride guards all new company purchases of over-the-road van trailers operating in our fleet throughout the United States and Canada. Reinforced rear-underride guards are designed to provide greater protection to the driving public in the event of an accident at the rear of the trailer. Since 2018, 100% of the new over-the-road van trailers acquired by Landstar have had reinforced rear-underride guards. The following chart shows the number of van trailers with reinforced rear-underride guards in our fleet as of the end of each year: