Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1983 Blue Bird All American / All Canada

1BABNBXA0DF289236 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
26 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenNov 1, 2023
CA
Last seenJan 29, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1BABNBXA0DF289236
Make
Blue Bird
Model
All American / All Canada
Model year
1983
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Not decoded
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
BNBXA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

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
289236

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 · 425 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
All American / All Canada

Prefix basis · 425 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
1983

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
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 · Nov 1, 2023 – Jan 29, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 29, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0MIDDLETOWN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 28096311378617/CA
Feb 5, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0MIDDLETOWN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 28096311378617/CA
Feb 12, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0MIDDLETOWN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 28096311378617/CA
Nov 1, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only2MIDDLETOWN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 28096311378617/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MIDDLETOWN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT2809631Nov 1, 2023Jan 29, 20264CA
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.
1378617CAMIDDLETOWN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTNov 1, 2023Jan 29, 20264
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 5, 2026