Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2010 Blue Bird BB Conventional

1BAKBCKA8AF271536 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
28 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 5
First seenOct 16, 2023
CA
Last seenFeb 9, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1BAKBCKA8AF271536
Make
Blue Bird
Model
BB Conventional
Model year
2010
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 28, 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
KBCKA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1980 or 2010

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

North American serial sequence
271536

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 · 30 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
BB Conventional

Prefix basis · 30 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
2010

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
Not established

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 16, 2023 – Feb 9, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Feb 9, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0OAK GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT 26679321358564/CA
Feb 10, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0OAK GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT 26679321358564/CA
Aug 19, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only1OAK GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT 26679321358564/CA
Mar 5, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only2OAK GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT 26679321358564/CA
Oct 16, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only1OAK GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT 26679321358564/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
OAK GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT2667932Oct 16, 2023Feb 9, 20265CA
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.
1358564CAOAK GROVE SCHOOL DISTRICTOct 16, 2023Feb 9, 20265
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 28, 2026