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Landstar Safety Officer

Landstar requires each of our independent sales agencies to name an individual responsible at the agency for upholding Landstar’s safety-first culture. The designated Landstar Safety Officer (LSO) promotes safe, secure and compliant driving, and supports customer safety initiatives. Throughout the Landstar Network, there are over 1,100 LSOs.

In 2024, there were 52 regional in-person LSO meetings held around the country to discuss successful ways to foster safety throughout the Landstar network of agencies, BCOs and employees.

Click here to read more about our most recent LSO of the Year.

Lenny Dembrosky LSO of the Year 2024

M.U.S.T. Program

Landstar’s Mutual Understanding of Safety Together (M.U.S.T.) initiative is a collaborative program involving Landstar employees, agencies and customers to formulate and implement logistics best practices and solutions focused on safety. The program celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2024 and continues to proactively support and educate customers in the areas of workplace and highway safety through extensive tours of customers’ facilities followed by discussion and analysis of safety and securement practices.

In 2024, Landstar, agents and customers held 40 M.U.S.T. customer meetings.

Click here to read more about our most recent M.U.S.T. Customer of the Year.

ATW receives the Overall M.U.S.T. Customer of the Year Award

Safety Thursday & Field Safety Meetings

Since 1991, Landstar executives have hosted a nationwide, monthly Safety Thursday Conference Call to discuss safety topics with BCOs, agents, customers, employees and invited guests, like law enforcement, industry organizations, and representatives from state and federal regulatory agencies.

During 2024, Landstar held 12 Safety Thursday Conference Calls and averaged over 921 participants on each call.

Million Mile Safe Drivers / Roadstar® Honors

Some of the safest owner-operators in the industry are leased on with Landstar. Our fleet includes 1,062 independent Million Mile Safe Drivers and Landstar Roadstar® honorees. Each has driven at least 1 million consecutive miles with Landstar without a preventable accident.

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:

Landstar Van Trailers with Reinforced Rear-Underride Guards

Safety Accolades

Landstar’s safety culture is regularly recognized by members of the transportation community. Recent examples include:

  • Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) 2024 Transportation Fleet Safety Award: Landstar Transportation Logistics received the fleet safety recognition for having the lowest accident frequency rate in the over 100 million miles category.
  • The Truckload Carriers Association named Landstar BCO Walter Jackson as a 2025 Professional Driver of the Year. Recognizing him for his commitment to safety, service and professionalism.

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