Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2018 Blue Bird BB Conventional

1BAKGCSA8JF344020 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
27 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenOct 30, 2023
PA
Last seenJan 29, 2026
PA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 27 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.
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1BAKGCSA8JF344020
Make
Blue Bird
Model
BB Conventional
Model year
2018
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)
Decoded at
Jul 5, 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
KGCSA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1988 or 2018

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

North American serial sequence
344020

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 · 195 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
BB Conventional

Prefix basis · 195 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
2018

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 · Oct 30, 2023 – Jan 29, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 29, 2026PAII · Walk-around0KRISE TRANSPORTATION INC 550782SC99997/PA
May 20, 2024PAII · Walk-around0LEPLEY BUS SERVICE INC 781319SC81098/PA
May 15, 2024PAII · Walk-around0LEPLEY BUS SERVICE INC 781319SC81098/PA
Oct 30, 2023PAII · Walk-around0LEPLEY BUS SERVICE INC 781319SC81098/PA
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
KRISE TRANSPORTATION INC550782Jan 29, 2026Jan 29, 20261PA
LEPLEY BUS SERVICE INC781319Oct 30, 2023May 20, 20243PA
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.
SC99997PAKRISE TRANSPORTATION INCJan 29, 2026Jan 29, 20261
SC81098PALEPLEY BUS SERVICE INCOct 30, 2023May 20, 20243
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 5, 2026