Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2016 Blue Bird BB Conventional

1BAKBCBH4GF321970 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
31 mo
Inspections7
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 7
First seenOct 11, 2023
CA
Last seenMay 5, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1BAKBCBH4GF321970
Make
Blue Bird
Model
BB Conventional
Model year
2016
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)
Decoded at
Jun 21, 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
KBCBH

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
4 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 4.

Model year candidates
1986 or 2016

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

North American serial sequence
321970

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 · 15 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
BB Conventional

Prefix basis · 15 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
2016

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
BLUE BIRD

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
BB Conventional

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Oct 11, 2023 – May 5, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
May 5, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only4SANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORP 6777137NAK498/CA
Apr 15, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only4SANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORP 6777137NAK498/CA
Jun 18, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0SANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORP 6777137NAK498/CA
Apr 16, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only2SANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORP 6777137NAK498/CA
Nov 1, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0SANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORP 6777137MAK498/CA
Oct 22, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only3SANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORP 6777137NAK498/CA
Oct 11, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only3SANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORP 6777137NAK498/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORP677713Oct 11, 2023May 5, 20267CA
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.
7NAK498CASANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORPOct 11, 2023May 5, 20266
7MAK498CASANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORPNov 1, 2024Nov 1, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 21, 2026