Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

1991 Blue Bird BB Conventional

1BAKFCBH1MF368485 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under1
12 mo
Inspections2
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 2
First seenFeb 8, 2024
NJ
Last seenFeb 13, 2025
NJ
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1BAKFCBH1MF368485
Make
Blue Bird
Model
BB Conventional
Model year
1991
Body class
Bus - School Bus
Vehicle type
BUS
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Aug 11, 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
KFCBH

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
1 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 1.

Model year candidates
1991 or 2021

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

North American serial sequence
368485

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.

Not established

No supported platform claim is established for this prefix

The resolver answered successfully but returned no row above the evidence floor. This does not mean the vehicle has no platform or that no data exists; it means this store cannot make the claim.

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
1991

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

  • platform make
  • platform model
  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Feb 8, 2024 – Feb 13, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Feb 13, 2025NJI · Full0D & M TOURS INC 819932R979S1/NJ
Feb 8, 2024NJV · Vehicle-only0D & M TOURS INC 819932R979S1/NJ
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
D & M TOURS INC819932Feb 8, 2024Feb 13, 20252NJ
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.
R979S1NJD & M TOURS INCFeb 8, 2024Feb 13, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 11, 2026