Fixed Penalty Notices

Request Number: FOI/16098

Category: Roads Policing and Safety Cameras - Fixed Penalty Notice

Subject: Fixed Penalty Notices

Request and Answer: 
Your request for information has now been considered. In respect of Section 1(1)(a) of the Act we can confirm that the Police Service of Northern Ireland does hold information to which your request relates. The decision has been taken to disclose the following.

Question 1
What is the reporting frequency of your data (e.g., monthly, quarterly)?

Answer
In relation to the statistics specifically, provisional PSNI motoring offences statistics
are published on a monthly basis on the last Thursday of each month, while the Road Safety Partnership publishes a finalised annual statistical report in June each year.

Question 2
Number of FPNs issued a) Officers b) Via fixed speed cameras c) Through the Road Safety Policing Partnership

Answers 2 A -C

1. The PSNI 2024 motoring offence statistics annual report shows the number of endorsable and non-endorsable Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued by the PSNI by offence type – on (Table 10 - page 22). The link provided below is the where the report can be accessed:
   https://www.psni.police.uk/sites/default/files/2025-03/Motoring%20Offences%202024%20Annual%20Report.pdf
2. There were a total of 134 fixed penalty notices issued by the Road Safety Partnership following fixed speed camera detections in 2024.
3. In total, there were 33,912 fixed penalty notices issued by the Road Safety Partnership in 2024 following detections by fixed, mobile and average speed or red light running cameras.

Question 3
How many tickets were issued a) on paper b) via Samsung devices

Answers 3 A & B
Of the 10,787 FPNs issued by PSNI for motoring offences in 2024, there were a total of 1,276 issued on paper and a total of 9,511 issued via Samsung devices.

Question 4 A & B
Ticket types

Number of
a. Non-endorsable tickets issued

b. Endorsable tickets issued

Answers 4 A & B
This information can be accessed at the link provided in response to question 1. 

Question 5
How many Failure to Comply cases were prepared and submitted to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS)?

Question 6
How many reminders were issued for unpaid FPNs?

Question 7
How many offenders alerted the Fixed Penalty Processing Centre (FPPC) to the loss of driving licence or paper counterparts?

Answers 5, 6 & 7 
A total of 3095 for Failing to Comply cases sent to Public Prosecution Service (PPS) from Northern Ireland Road Safety Partnership. 

Your request for information has now been considered. In respect of Section 1(1)(a) of the Act we can confirm that the Police Service of Northern Ireland does not hold information in relation to request. Enquires made with the relevant business area in relation to your request failed to locate any records or documents relevant to your request based on the information you have provided. 

We can advise this information is not recorded on the 'fixed penalty' database. 

Accordingly, we have determined that the Police Service of Northern Ireland does not hold the information to which you seek access.

Question 8
From an FPPC perspective, what was the average time taken to resolve an FPN?

Answer 
4 months from offence date (this may include offer of Speed Awareness course.)