I was in a car crash today... where do I stand?

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I had just left a round about and was indicating and slowly moving into the right hand lane of the road I had turned into.

I was not fully in the lane when suddenly a car driving really fast exited the roundabout into the lane I was moving into, he started honking his horn and aggressively cut me up, revving his engine etc. I was driving at a snails pace as the traffic lights were on red .

So basically at this point, there are two cars in front of me in the lane including the aggressive driver who cut me up.

The lights turned to green and I started to drive and this guy who had just cut me up, breaked sharply for no reason. And I went into the back of him, minimal damage to my car and his bumper, just a cracked reg plate on mine and white marks on his bumper.

anyway I was quite shaken up, I took a photo of the damage on his car and he was shouting at me and saying dont bother taking pictures you are going to pay etc etc
anyway as you can imagine he continued to be arsy (sp?) and I stated that he had slammed on his breaks for no reason, and that I would obtain cctv footage, he told me he was a police officer and I would have no chance of obtaining it. Then he said the car wasnt his, he drove off and when I looked at his details he has given me the address of a car sales room.

I am going to the police station when I get home and will contact tfl to see if I can get footage.
I feel like he did it on purpose ( caused the crash that is)

Does anyone have any experience of this? Will it definitely be my fault even though he cut me up and slammed on?

I have just been to the police station and reported it, the officer there thought it sounded dodgy
Tfl are the people with the footage but they are closed until Monday
Thank you all for your replies

I was in a similar situation. I was found at fault automatically but they are now taking other party to court. I'm still at fault until the case is settled which I have been warned may take years. Messed up my insurance in the meantime. I hope you have legal cover. Good luck.

I agree this sounds like a scam. The address being a show room...police officer!!!!?

Some areas are notorious for this. Contact your insurance co as they are looking at these claims (usuallyinvolving whiplash)

Totally sounds like a scam

I agree with theanarchist. It is not always the fault of the driver going up the back of another vehicle. He was driving aggressively. He may not have actually meant for you to hit him, hence why he became enraged when you did. But his driving was erratic and you should definitely report to the police. Did you get the registration?