Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2002 Blue Bird All American / All Canada

1BABNBMA62F204837 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
11 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenAug 2, 2023
CA
Last seenJul 18, 2024
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 11 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
1BABNBMA62F204837
Make
Blue Bird
Model
All American / All Canada
Model year
2002
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)
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
BNBMA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

Model year candidates
2002 or 2032

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

North American serial sequence
204837

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 · 448 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
All American / All Canada

Prefix basis · 448 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
2002

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 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 · Aug 2, 2023 – Jul 18, 2024

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 18, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0LCM BUS SERVICE INC 336057698596T3/CA
Jul 15, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only1LCM BUS SERVICE INC 336057698596T3/CA
Aug 2, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only0ELK GROVE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 26523701123584/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
LCM BUS SERVICE INC3360576Jul 15, 2024Jul 18, 20242CA
ELK GROVE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT2652370Aug 2, 2023Aug 2, 20231CA
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.
98596T3CALCM BUS SERVICE INCJul 15, 2024Jul 18, 20242
1123584CAELK GROVE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTAug 2, 2023Aug 2, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 19, 2026