Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2023 Blue Bird All American / All Canada

1BABNB6A3PF389983 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
31 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 6
First seenAug 22, 2023
CA
Last seenMar 26, 2026
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 31 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
1BABNB6A3PF389983
Make
Blue Bird
Model
All American / All Canada
Model year
2023
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 6: 19,501 - 26,000 lb (8,845 - 11,794 kg)
Decoded at
Jun 22, 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
BNB6A

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
3 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 3.

Model year candidates
1993 or 2023

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

North American serial sequence
389983

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 · 510 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
All American / All Canada

Prefix basis · 510 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
2023

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
BLUE BIRD

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
All American / All Canada

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 6: 19,501 - 26,000 lb (8,845 - 11,794 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 · Aug 22, 2023 – Mar 26, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Mar 26, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only1MERCED CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 28099731637148/CA
Sep 30, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0MERCED CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 28099731637148/CA
Mar 14, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0MERCED CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 28099731637148/CA
Jul 10, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0LIVINGSTON UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT 2662548DH67B12/CA
Apr 5, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0MERCED CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 28099731637148/CA
Aug 22, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only0MERCED CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 28099731637148/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MERCED CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT2809973Aug 22, 2023Mar 26, 20265CA
LIVINGSTON UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT2662548Jul 10, 2024Jul 10, 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.
1637148CAMERCED CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTAug 22, 2023Mar 26, 20265
DH67B12CALIVINGSTON UNION SCHOOL DISTRICTJul 10, 2024Jul 10, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 22, 2026