Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2012 Blue Bird BB Conventional

1BAKFCPH0CF286934 · Bus - School Bus · BUS
Carriers run under2
24 mo
Inspections2
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 2
First seenJun 29, 2023
NJ
Last seenJun 23, 2025
NJ
Inspected under 2 different carriers in 24 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
1BAKFCPH0CF286934
Make
Blue Bird
Model
BB Conventional
Model year
2012
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
KFCPH

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
0 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 0.

Model year candidates
1982 or 2012

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

North American serial sequence
286934

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 · 38 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
BB Conventional

Prefix basis · 38 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
2012

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 29, 2023 – Jun 23, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Jun 23, 2025NJIII · Driver-only1M&T SCHOOL BUS LLC 4420655S12077/NJ
Jun 29, 2023NJI · Full0KRAPF SCHOOL BUS-NJN INC 3018431R588S1/NJ
03

Carriers this unit has run under

2 distinct carriers · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
M&T SCHOOL BUS LLC4420655Jun 23, 2025Jun 23, 20251NJ
KRAPF SCHOOL BUS-NJN INC3018431Jun 29, 2023Jun 29, 20231NJ
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.
S12077NJM&T SCHOOL BUS LLCJun 23, 2025Jun 23, 20251
R588S1NJKRAPF SCHOOL BUS-NJN INCJun 29, 2023Jun 29, 20231
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Aug 11, 2026