Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1996 Blue Bird BB Conventional

1BAKBCHAXTF819983 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
13 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenJun 3, 2025
OK
Last seenJul 7, 2026
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 13 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
1BAKBCHAXTF819983
Make
Blue Bird
Model
BB Conventional
Model year
1996
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Not decoded
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
KBCHA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
X · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value X.

Model year candidates
1996 or 2026

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

North American serial sequence
819983

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 · 6 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
BB Conventional

Prefix basis · 6 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
1996

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 · Jun 3, 2025 – Jul 7, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jul 7, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only1SAN JUAN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 26483181727859/CA
Jul 17, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0SAN JUAN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 2648318EE24L32/CA
Jun 3, 2025OKI · Full0VICTORY DRIVEAWAY INC 2828163228952E/IN
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SAN JUAN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT2648318Jul 17, 2025Jul 7, 20262CA
VICTORY DRIVEAWAY INC2828163Jun 3, 2025Jun 3, 20251MO
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.
1727859CA1SAN JUAN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTJul 7, 2026Jul 7, 20261
EE24L32CASAN JUAN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTJul 17, 2025Jul 17, 20251
228952EINVICTORY DRIVEAWAY INCJun 3, 2025Jun 3, 20251
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 19, 2026