Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2023 Blue Bird BB Conventional

1BAKBCJA0PF390014 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
34 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 6
First seenOct 26, 2023
CA
Last seenAug 5, 2026
CA
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 34 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
1BAKBCJA0PF390014
Make
Blue Bird
Model
BB Conventional
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
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
KBCJA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

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
390014

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 · 29 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
BB Conventional

Prefix basis · 29 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
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
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 · Oct 26, 2023 – Aug 5, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 5, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0CALIFORNIA STUDENT TRANSPORTATION 45743509JLR703/CA
Jul 29, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0CALIFORNIA STUDENT TRANSPORTATION 45743509JLR703/CA
Dec 11, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0FILLMORE AREA TRANSIT CORPORATION 26445019JLR703/CA
May 7, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0FILLMORE AREA TRANSIT CORPORATION 26445019JLR703/CA
Nov 26, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0FILLMORE AREA TRANSIT CORPORATION 26445019JLR703/CA
Oct 26, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only0FILLMORE AREA TRANSIT CORPORATION 2644501CT80P89/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
CALIFORNIA STUDENT TRANSPORTATION4574350Jul 29, 2026Aug 5, 20262CA
FILLMORE AREA TRANSIT CORPORATION2644501Oct 26, 2023Dec 11, 20254CA
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.
9JLR703CA1CALIFORNIA STUDENT TRANSPORTATIONJul 29, 2026Aug 5, 20262
9JLR703CAFILLMORE AREA TRANSIT CORPORATIONNov 26, 2024Dec 11, 20253
CT80P89CAFILLMORE AREA TRANSIT CORPORATIONOct 26, 2023Oct 26, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 6, 2026