INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT



The Board of Directors
Swift Transportation Co., Inc.:


We consent to  incorporation  by reference in the  Registration  Statements  No.
33-66034  and  333-20651  on Form  S-3 and in the  Registration  Statements  No.
33-85940, 33-85942 and 33-85944 on Form S-8 of Swift Transportation Co., Inc. of
our report dated February 20, 1998, relating to the consolidated  balance sheets
of Swift  Transportation  Co., Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and
1996, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, stockholders' equity,
and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
1997,  which report  appears in the December 31, 1997 annual report on Form 10-K
of Swift Transportation Co., Inc.



                                             KPMG Peat Marwick LLP








Phoenix, Arizona
March 23, 1998