Yesterday I was in a minor car accident which left me with a cracked bumper and the other driver with a damaged door which wouldn't fully close.
I was attempting to park my car at my local petrol station and there were two cars parked across the lines of spaces, effectively taking up 4 spaces between them, with a wide enough gap in the middle for another car. I stopped my car at the petrol pumps behind the spaces and commented to my mum that it was annoying because I was going to have to park across two spaces in order to fit between the other cars that already had. I then moved forward into the gap, which was larger than a normal car parking space due to how the other cars were spaced, there was plenty of room for my car.
As I got into the space, the driver to my left threw his door open straight into my bumper. I had to reverse in order for him to be able to move his door back. He is claiming that I drove into his open door, but he opened it straight into me too late for me to react. I'd have to have been psychic to avoid this happening, whereas he only had to check his mirrors to see me driving up behind him. I drove straight into the space, I didn't have to turn into it, so he would have seen me had he checked.
I know that I'm not actually in the wrong, but does anyone know how this will be viewed by the insurance companies? My concern is that I was going forward and the damage is to the front of my car which usually immediately means I'm at fault.