Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2005 Blue Bird All American / All Canada

1BABHBMA15F225493 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under3
34 mo
Inspections5
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 5
First seenOct 11, 2023
CA
Last seenAug 18, 2026
CA
Inspected under 3 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
1BABHBMA15F225493
Make
Blue Bird
Model
All American / All Canada
Model year
2005
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Class 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 kg)
Decoded at
Jul 5, 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
BHBMA

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
2005 or 2035

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

North American serial sequence
225493

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 · 4 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
All American / All Canada

Prefix basis · 4 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
2005

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
BLUE BIRD

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
All American / All Canada

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 7: 26,001 - 33,000 lb (11,794 - 14,969 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 11, 2023 – Aug 18, 2026

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 18, 2026CAV · Vehicle-only0BELLFLOWER U.S.D. 26105181172688/CA
Aug 18, 2025CAV · Vehicle-only2AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS 11512281172688/CA
Oct 17, 2024CAV · Vehicle-only2HEMET UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 26734831172688/CA
Oct 18, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only0HEMET UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 26734831172688/CA
Oct 11, 2023CAV · Vehicle-only9HEMET UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 26734831172688/CA
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Carriers this unit has run under

3 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
BELLFLOWER U.S.D.2610518Aug 18, 2026Aug 18, 20261CA
AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS1151228Aug 18, 2025Aug 18, 20251CA
HEMET UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT2673483Oct 11, 2023Oct 17, 20243CA
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.
1172688CA1BELLFLOWER U.S.D.Aug 18, 2026Aug 18, 20261
1172688CAAMERICAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSAug 18, 2025Aug 18, 20251
1172688CAHEMET UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTOct 11, 2023Oct 17, 20243
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 5, 2026