Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1982 Blue Bird All American / All Canada

1BABNBXA4CF288640 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
28 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 6
First seenSep 28, 2023
CA
Last seenJan 27, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1BABNBXA4CF288640
Make
Blue Bird
Model
All American / All Canada
Model year
1982
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 16, 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
BNBXA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
1982 or 2012

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

North American serial sequence
288640

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 · 425 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
All American / All Canada

Prefix basis · 425 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
1982

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
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Sep 28, 2023 – Jan 27, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 27, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT 26557511371704/CA
Jan 28, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT 26557511371704/CA
Jan 23, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT 26557511371704/CA
Mar 4, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT 26557511371704/CA
Jan 26, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT 26557511371704/CA
Sep 28, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only0WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT 26557511371704/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT2655751Sep 28, 2023Jan 27, 20266CA
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.
1371704CA1WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICTSep 28, 2023Jan 27, 20266
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 16, 2026