Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1981 Blue Bird All American / All Canada

1BABNBXA5BF281355 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
26 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenFeb 26, 2024
CA
Last seenApr 23, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1BABNBXA5BF281355
Make
Blue Bird
Model
All American / All Canada
Model year
1981
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Not decoded
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
BNBXA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1981 or 2011

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

North American serial sequence
281355

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
1981

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 · Feb 26, 2024 – Apr 23, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Apr 23, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0ROCK N WATER LLC 352896256704L3/CA
Mar 3, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only1ROCK N WATER LLC 352896256704L3/CA
Feb 26, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0ROCK N WATER LLC 352896256704L3/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
ROCK N WATER LLC3528962Feb 26, 2024Apr 23, 20263CA
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.
56704L3CAROCK N WATER LLCFeb 26, 2024Apr 23, 20263
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 19, 2026