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Hi, any advice for this situation would be useful thank you

I've just received a SJPN "Failing to give information relating the identification of a driver"

They have enclosed 2 letter which they said they sent previously asking for the disclosure of driver at the time of a traffic incident last July. I haven't received those letters

I'm confused as the incident that happened last year was dealt with through my insurance
My partner and Son were hit on the driver rear side by a young driver. The driver was very apologetic and begged my husband to not go through the insurance and as the damage wasn't really noticeable he agreed
My son and partner did not tell me about the incident as I was in a bad place through grieving for my late Mum

A couple weeks later my insurance company emailed me about an incident which my partner then told me about what had happened. My insurance accepted fault (which I did not agree with) Any way I'm confused as to the paperwork of the police it states that there was an incident and a "failure to stop" which is incorrect as they stopped and exchanged numbers and pictures were taken

I'm now served with this SJPN

I'm going to plead not guilty is there any advice on how best to handle this?


I've also just seen that the postal "town" is not on my V5C
Thank you in advance

Thank you for your response

The Close I live on is really silly. When you enter on the right hand side  there are houses then on the left hand side there are 3 blocks of flats that share the same numbers as our houses.
The flats have different names but the same numbers as us in the houses
So it does get confusing. Many of my orders have gone to the flats directly opposite me down to last week one of my Amazon parcels was delivered to the flat address
And vice versa I'm constantly receiving mail and deliveries for the flats opposite. Even their guests knock my door believing they are the right address.

 
Although it is a Close our houses have a different postcode to the flats opposite us

When I order things I usually write a note stating it's for the houses on the right hand side of the Close
Some delivery people bother to take note others do not

I've held my license for 20 years and never received any points. A completely clean license. It feels so harsh and very worrying that I'm to be punished for something I genuinely wasn't aware of

As I mentioned before I have been diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety I havent been coping well with the passing of my Mother and do go through many periods where I can't handle daily life and tasks so I don't open my letters or do much else

I've gone through the letters that I hadn't opened and haven't seen any letters from the police. I was in a really bad place most of last year and spent a lot of time at my Late mums house so whether it was delivered and got lost or I actually haven't received the letters at all I don't know. But I do know this is the first time I'm hearing of this situation

It all just seems so harsh and I'm not coping well with this issue on top of everything else I just don't know what to do???

Thank you for your response
It may seem over dramatic, but to someone who suffers with mental health issues this is major instead of spiralling I'm trying to deal with it head on and give all the facts that I know

My partner was the driver at the time
I was told to post this topic here from another forum and the main advice there was that it no longer matters who was driving at the time of the accident it was now irrelevant because me not disclosing who the driver was at the time is what I'm being accused of


Are you saying this is not the case? Because yes I do have a paper trail of it being dealt with through my insurance and the claim now being closed

I believe the mother of the other driver went to the police station and reported the accident to the police which is how the police got involved (the name on the copy of the paper work implies this)
But the information given to the police of "failing to stop after an accident" is incorrect there are pictures to prove this

From what I recall my insurance company accepted liability because when they first emailed me about the accident I responded (about a week or so later) stating an error had occurred and I was not in an accident.
When they came back to me with more details and pictures I told my partner about it and he then told me what had happened

I went back to my insurers and explained, they said they would accept liability due to the time it's taken and they won't be going back and forth now with the other insurers. Because I originally said there was no accident and took long to respond to their emails I just accepted that I would have to allow them to accept liability

For context: My car was hit by the other person as my partner was driving out of a side road. The other driver hit the driver rear side of my car


I can ask my local post office if they can write something?

The facts of what happened on the day of the accident is information that my partner gave. I personally wouldn't have made the decision to not go through my insurance but it is what it is there

Sorry I dont know what an FtF is?

The underlying offence has no direct relevance. You have been charged with failing to identify the driver. Whether the underlying offence has legs or not is not an ingredient of the offence you have been charged with.

The closest to any relevance is the argument that as you were not the driver, and as the driver claims to have stopped and exchanged details (which the other driver seemingly disputes) you would have little reason not to comply with the s. 172 requirement if you had received it.

FtF = Fail to Furnish

The process is often just a sausage machine and fine/points applied - but not necessarily if a full hearing takes place. It's magistrates so no-one can read (in advance) their orientation to othe pressures at the time.

Which two routes are you referring to? In your OP you were/have pleaded NG?