Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1994 Blue Bird All American / All Canada

1BABNBUA1RF804840 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
12 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenDec 17, 2024
CA
Last seenDec 23, 2025
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 12 months
A unit that bounces between many operators can indicate slip-seating, heavy sub-haul, or double-brokering. Review the carrier timeline below for load integrity — context for human judgment, not a verdict.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1BABNBUA1RF804840
Make
Blue Bird
Model
All American / All Canada
Model year
1994
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
BNBUA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
1994 or 2024

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

North American serial sequence
804840

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 · 492 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
All American / All Canada

Prefix basis · 492 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
1994

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 · Dec 17, 2024 – Dec 23, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 23, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0TURLOCK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 5948691714287/CA
Jan 3, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0TURLOCK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 594869DY02V09/CA
Dec 17, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0CASCADE UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT 2645524DX83242/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
TURLOCK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT594869Jan 3, 2025Dec 23, 20252CA
CASCADE UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT2645524Dec 17, 2024Dec 17, 20241CA
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
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Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
1714287CATURLOCK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTDec 23, 2025Dec 23, 20251
DY02V09CATURLOCK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTJan 3, 2025Jan 3, 20251
DX83242CACASCADE UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICTDec 17, 2024Dec 17, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 19, 2026