Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2013 Blue Bird BB Conventional

1BAKDCPA6DF294529 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under3
28 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenJun 15, 2023
CA
Last seenOct 31, 2025
CA
Inspected under 3 different carriers in 28 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
1BAKDCPA6DF294529
Make
Blue Bird
Model
BB Conventional
Model year
2013
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
KDCPA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
6 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 6.

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
294529

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 · 12 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
BB Conventional

Prefix basis · 12 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
2013

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.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Jun 15, 2023 – Oct 31, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Oct 31, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0OJAI VALLEY SCHOOL 2618852EH13S70/CA
Sep 23, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only1OJAI VALLEY SCHOOL 2618852EG83A79/CA
Aug 5, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0ZUM SERVICES INC 3373523EF57K45/CA
Jun 15, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only0MURRIETA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 26212841655835/CA
03

Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
OJAI VALLEY SCHOOL2618852Sep 23, 2025Oct 31, 20252CA
ZUM SERVICES INC3373523Aug 5, 2025Aug 5, 20251CA
MURRIETA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT2621284Jun 15, 2023Jun 15, 20231CA
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.
EH13S70CAOJAI VALLEY SCHOOLOct 31, 2025Oct 31, 20251
EG83A79CAOJAI VALLEY SCHOOLSep 23, 2025Sep 23, 20251
EF57K45CAZUM SERVICES INCAug 5, 2025Aug 5, 20251
1655835CAMURRIETA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTJun 15, 2023Jun 15, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 6, 2026