Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2027 Blue Bird BB Conventional

1BAKBCJH7VF825279 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
0 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenFeb 5, 2026
CA
Last seenFeb 13, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1BAKBCJH7VF825279
Make
Blue Bird
Model
BB Conventional
Model year
2027
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
KBCJH

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
7 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 7.

Model year candidates
1997 or 2027

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

North American serial sequence
825279

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 · 382 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
BB Conventional

Prefix basis · 382 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
2027

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Feb 5, 2026 – Feb 13, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Feb 13, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0MODESTO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 2809643EM26Z19/CA
Feb 12, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only1MODESTO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 2809643EM26Z19/CA
Feb 12, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0MODESTO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 2809643EM27C52/CA
Feb 5, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0MODESTO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 2809643EM26X65/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
MODESTO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT2809643Feb 5, 2026Feb 13, 20264CA
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.
EM26Z19CAMODESTO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTFeb 12, 2026Feb 13, 20262
EM27C52CAMODESTO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTFeb 12, 2026Feb 12, 20261
EM26X65CAMODESTO CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTFeb 5, 2026Feb 5, 20261
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 6, 2026