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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20040331183842
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001008886-04-000072
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040329
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040331

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SWIFT TRANSPORTATION CO INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000863557
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TRUCKING (NO LOCAL) [4213]
		IRS NUMBER:				860666860
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NV
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2200 SOUTH 75TH AVENUE
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85043
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6022699700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2200 SOUTH 75TH AVENUE
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85043

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MOYES RON
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001285606

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-18605
		FILM NUMBER:		04707424

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4001 N THIRD ST
		STREET 2:		STE 400
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85012
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    <schemaVersion>X0201</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2004-03-29</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000863557</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SWIFT TRANSPORTATION CO INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SWFT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001285606</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>MOYES RON</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>RON MOYES</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>5285 EAST REDROCK DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PHOENIX</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>AZ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>85018</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2004-03-29</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1300000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>8995832</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>by limited partnership</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>22521</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>by trusts</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On May 8, 2001, the Moyes Children's Limited Partnership (the &quot;Partnership&quot;) entered into a variable prepaid forward contract
with an unaffiliated third party pursuant to which 1,300,000 shares of the issuer's common stock were pledged by the
Partnership (see the Form 4 filed with the SEC June 1, 2001). The contract was set to mature on May 10, 2004, at which
time the Partnership would have been required to deliver an agreed settlement amount, which could have been paid in
cash, shares, or a combination of the two. The Partnership elected to settle the contract in cash in advance of its maturity
date without delivering any shares. Although reported here as a purchase of 1,300,000 shares, the reporting person and
the Partnership do not admit the transaction was a purchase for purposes of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. The reporting person is the sole general partner of and owner of 1% of the equity interest in the Partnership.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The cash settlement price was $16.9092 per share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">These shares are held in trusts for the benefit of two of the grandchildren of the reporting person's brother and sister-in-law.
The  reporting person is the trustee of these trusts. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares,
and the filing  of this report is not an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of these securities for
purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares owned by the Partnership, and the filing of this report is not an
admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Ron Moyes</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-03-31</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

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