Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2009 Blue Bird BB Conventional

1BAKFCKA09F257906 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
20 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenApr 11, 2024
CA
Last seenDec 23, 2025
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 20 months
A unit that bounces between many operators can indicate slip-seating, heavy sub-haul, or double-brokering. Review the carrier timeline below for load integrity — context for human judgment, not a verdict.
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1BAKFCKA09F257906
Make
Blue Bird
Model
BB Conventional
Model year
2009
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
KFCKA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

Model year candidates
2009 or 2039

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

North American serial sequence
257906

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.

Not established

No supported platform claim is established for this prefix

The resolver answered successfully but returned no row above the evidence floor. This does not mean the vehicle has no platform or that no data exists; it means this store cannot make the claim.

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
2009

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

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Apr 11, 2024 – Dec 23, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Dec 23, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0KIDS KARE SCHOOLS INC 26078099VFP507/CA
Feb 5, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0KIDS KARE SCHOOLS INC 2607809
Apr 11, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0JACK AND JILL'S EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC 35905278NRW338/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
KIDS KARE SCHOOLS INC2607809Feb 5, 2025Dec 23, 20252CA
JACK AND JILL'S EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC3590527Apr 11, 2024Apr 11, 20241CA
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.
9VFP507CAKIDS KARE SCHOOLS INCDec 23, 2025Dec 23, 20251
CAKIDS KARE SCHOOLS INCFeb 5, 2025Feb 5, 20251
8NRW338CAJACK AND JILL'S EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INCApr 11, 2024Apr 11, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 19, 2026