Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2013 Blue Bird BB Conventional

1BAKGCPA5DF293640 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
25 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 5
First seenJun 12, 2023
MD
Last seenJul 17, 2025
MD
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1BAKGCPA5DF293640
Make
Blue Bird
Model
BB Conventional
Model year
2013
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
KGCPA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
5 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 5.

Model year candidates
1983 or 2013

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

North American serial sequence
293640

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 · 224 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
BB Conventional

Prefix basis · 224 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
2013

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 · Jun 12, 2023 – Jul 17, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 17, 2025MDV · Vehicle-only0LONERGANS CHARTER SERVICE INC 84782H7887C/MD
Jan 3, 2025MDV · Vehicle-only0LONERGANS CHARTER SERVICE INC 84782H7887C/MD
Jul 9, 2024MDV · Vehicle-only0LONERGANS CHARTER SERVICE INC 84782H7887C/MD
Jan 30, 2024MDV · Vehicle-only0LONERGANS CHARTER SERVICE INC 84782H7887C/MD
Jun 12, 2023MDV · Vehicle-only0LONERGANS CHARTER SERVICE INC 84782H7887C/MD
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
LONERGANS CHARTER SERVICE INC84782Jun 12, 2023Jul 17, 20255MD
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.
H7887CMDLONERGANS CHARTER SERVICE INCJun 12, 2023Jul 17, 20255
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 28, 2026