Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1995 Blue Bird BB Conventional

1BAKGCHA8SF811073 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
12 mo
Inspections6
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 6
First seenNov 25, 2024
PA
Last seenNov 19, 2025
PA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1BAKGCHA8SF811073
Make
Blue Bird
Model
BB Conventional
Model year
1995
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jun 22, 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
KGCHA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
1995 or 2025

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

North American serial sequence
811073

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 · 54 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
BB Conventional

Prefix basis · 54 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
1995

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 25, 2024 – Nov 19, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Nov 19, 2025PAI · Full0SMITH BUS COMPANY INC 364000SC97869/PA
May 23, 2025PAII · Walk-around0SMITH BUS COMPANY INC 364000SC97869/PA
Apr 30, 2025PAII · Walk-around0SMITH BUS COMPANY INC 364000SC97869/PA
Mar 6, 2025PAII · Walk-around0SMITH BUS COMPANY INC 364000SC97869/PA
Dec 3, 2024PAI · Full0SMITH BUS COMPANY INC 364000SC97869/PA
Nov 25, 2024PAII · Walk-around0SMITH BUS COMPANY INC 364000SC97869/PA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SMITH BUS COMPANY INC364000Nov 25, 2024Nov 19, 20256PA
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.
SC97869PASMITH BUS COMPANY INCNov 25, 2024Nov 19, 20256
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jun 22, 2026