Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2006 Blue Bird All American / All Canada

1BABNBKA86F228694 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenOct 23, 2023
CA
Last seenOct 15, 2025
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1BABNBKA86F228694
Make
Blue Bird
Model
All American / All Canada
Model year
2006
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)
Decoded at
Jul 19, 2026
vPIC returns make / model / year / body class / GVWR. Fields it does not resolve are shown as Not decoded rather than guessed.
Decode evidence & sources

Deterministic structure

These fields come directly from VIN positions and the published checksum calculation, with zero store IO.

World manufacturer identifier
1BA

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
BNBKA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
2006 or 2036

Position 10 repeats every 30 years; both candidates are retained and neither is silently selected.

North American serial sequence
228694

Deterministic · positions 12–17 for a North American WMI.

Sourced platform inference

The prefix store publishes only at support ≥ 3 and purity ≥ 90%. Prefix confidence is shown beside every established platform claim.

Make
BLUE BIRD

Prefix basis · 211 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
All American / All Canada

Prefix basis · 211 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Not established

No sourced model-line label is established.

No source established for this field.

Generation
Not established

No sourced generation label is established.

No source established for this field.

Cab type
Not established

No sourced cab label is established.

No source established for this field.

Federal observation (NHTSA vPIC)

What the federal corpus observed directly for this exact VIN — independent of, and sometimes more specific than, the prefix-level inference above.

Observed model year
2006

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
BLUE BIRD

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
All American / All Canada

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Bus - School Bus

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
BUS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 23, 2023 – Oct 15, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 15, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only3AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS 11512289HZZ596/CA
Oct 28, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS 11512289HZZ596/CA
Oct 23, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only0AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS 11512289H22596/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS1151228Oct 23, 2023Oct 15, 20253CA
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
04

Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
9HZZ596CAAMERICAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSOct 28, 2024Oct 15, 20252
9H22596CAAMERICAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSOct 23, 2023Oct 23, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 19, 2026