Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1994 Ic Bus PB305

4DRBWTAR0RB728906 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
24 mo
Inspections4
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 4
First seenJan 17, 2024
CA
Last seenJan 9, 2026
CA
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Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
4DRBWTAR0RB728906
Make
Ic Bus
Model
PB305
Model year
1994
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)
Decoded at
Jul 14, 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
4DR

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
BWTAR

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

Model year candidates
1994 or 2024

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

North American serial sequence
728906

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
IC BUS

Prefix basis · 196 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
PB305

Prefix basis · 196 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
1994

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
IC BUS

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
PB305

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 8: 33,001 lb and above (14,969 kg and above)

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 · Jan 17, 2024 – Jan 9, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jan 9, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0SANGER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 26477211683660/CA
Feb 13, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only0SANGER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 26477211683660/CA
Dec 23, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only0SANGER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 26477211683660/CA
Jan 17, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only1SANGER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 2647721DA75L78/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
SANGER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT2647721Jan 17, 2024Jan 9, 20264CA
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.
1683660CASANGER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTDec 23, 2024Jan 9, 20263
DA75L78CASANGER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTJan 17, 2024Jan 17, 20241
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 14, 2026