Elite UPS Safe Driver Group Grows to 9,349
UPS Inc.has announced the induction of 1,575 drivers into its“Circle of Honor,” raising to 9,349 the number of drivers who have gone 25 years or more without anavoidable accident — accounting for nearly 10% of the UPS driver workforce.
UPS’ longest-tenured safe driver in 2017 is Livonia, Michigan, package car driver Tom Camp, who has driven for more than half a century — 54 years — and delivered more than 5 million packages without an accident.
"I salute all the UPS drivers who have steered clear of accidents for 25 years," said Debbie Hersman, presidentof the National Safety Council and a former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. "At a time when far too many crashes are the result of distractions and unsafe driving, these Circle of Honor drivers are a great example for all of us."
Of all Circle of Honor members, 576 have been accident-free for 35 or more years, 91 have been accident-free for more than 40 years, and 10have been accident-free for more than45 years.
This year, 44 inductees are women, bringing to 206 thenumber ofwomenin the Circle of Honor.
UPS began recognizing its safe drivers in 1923. UPS, which ranks No. 1 on the Transport Topics list of the Top 100 largest for-hire carriers in theUnited States and Canada,has102,000 drivers worldwide who logmore than 3 billion miles per year and deliver nearly 5 billion packages annually.
