Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2014 Blue Bird BB Conventional

1BAKBCBA8EF299973 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
24 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenNov 16, 2023
CA
Last seenNov 21, 2025
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 24 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
1BAKBCBA8EF299973
Make
Blue Bird
Model
BB Conventional
Model year
2014
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 6, 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
KBCBA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1984 or 2014

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

North American serial sequence
299973

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 · 310 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
BB Conventional

Prefix basis · 310 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
2014

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 · Nov 16, 2023 – Nov 21, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 21, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0SANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORP 6777137AWH291/CA
Dec 12, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0SANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORP 6777137AWH291/CA
Dec 6, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only0MISSION SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION INC 27211657AWH291/CA
Nov 16, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only0MISSION SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION INC 27211657AWH291/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORP677713Dec 12, 2024Nov 21, 20252CA
MISSION SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION INC2721165Nov 16, 2023Dec 6, 20232CA
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.
7AWH291CASANTA BARBARA TRANSPORTATION CORPDec 12, 2024Nov 21, 20252
7AWH291CAMISSION SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION INCNov 16, 2023Dec 6, 20232
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 6, 2026