Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2017 Blue Bird BB Conventional

1BAKDCPA5HF325663 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
33 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 5
First seenJun 12, 2023
CA
Last seenMar 19, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1BAKDCPA5HF325663
Make
Blue Bird
Model
BB Conventional
Model year
2017
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)
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
KDCPA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1987 or 2017

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

North American serial sequence
325663

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 · 12 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
BB Conventional

Prefix basis · 12 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
2017

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.

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Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jun 12, 2023 – Mar 19, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 19, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0FIREBAUGH-LAS DELTAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 26214771601630/CA
Mar 26, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0FIREBAUGH-LAS DELTAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 26214771601630/CA
Apr 24, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0FIREBAUGH-LAS DELTAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 26214771601630/CA
Mar 13, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only1FIREBAUGH-LAS DELTAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 26214771601630/CA
Jun 12, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only0FIREBAUGH-LAS DELTAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 2621477CR01F93/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
FIREBAUGH-LAS DELTAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT2621477Jun 12, 2023Mar 19, 20265CA
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.
1601630CAFIREBAUGH-LAS DELTAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTMar 13, 2024Mar 19, 20264
CR01F93CAFIREBAUGH-LAS DELTAS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTJun 12, 2023Jun 12, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 28, 2026