SUSSEX POLICE
Sussex Police NIP and Section 172 response guide
Check the response instructions on your notice, preserve the dates and keep proof of what you send. The practical steps come first; selected police evidence and its limits appear below.
Checked against primary legal sources for England and Wales · Updated 5 October 2026 · How we review content
Read the document and provide the required driver information using the method on your notice. A possible NIP timing issue does not remove the separate Section 172 duty. If service or the driver identity is disputed, seek advice promptly.
Identify your document and next step
No account or upload. Check the relevant date privately.
Protect the response deadline
- Check the addressee, response instructions and service date.
- Provide the required information by the deadline without guessing; obtain advice promptly if you cannot identify the driver.
- Keep the notice, envelope, response copy and proof of submission.
Can I respond online?
Sussex reports online nominations only during 2023 and 2024, with admissions and nominations from 2025. Its current Public Access System describes both functions. Check eligibility and instructions on your notice.
Selected 2025 FOI finding
Sussex reported 103,549 initial NIPs, 28,832 reminders and 5,154 alleged failure cases under the broad requested category in 2025.
Safety Camera and Operation Crackdown offences; not expressly speeding only
Counting limits and clarification status
The NIP and Section 172 series are identical and must not be added together. Q4 requested cases referred, charged or otherwise proceeded with: the precise reporting stage is unresolved. These are not conviction or MS90 totals. No existing nomination processing report is held.
Clarification outstanding: Confirm consistent coverage across the three years, the Q4 counting stage and the month in 2025 when online admissions began.
Clarification correspondence has been drafted but not sent. These figures are attributed disclosures, not a verified comparison between forces.
Source and publication record
FOI 5781/26, 16 September 2026
Source reviewed by NoticeReady Research Team on 5 October 2026. The full annual series and source working material remain in the professional research record; this page publishes selected findings. No original correspondence containing personal contact details is reproduced.
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Preserve the notice, dates and response record
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