Driving off after accident.

mobileron

Have you considered an automatic car if u keep stalling?,dont let him bully you tell him your going via the insurance company.
He hit the back of you is not your fault.

Mistral001

rach_k said:

Can't you call the police yourself?  Explain that you felt scared to stop as he looked intimidating and you thought he might have done it on purpose, but that you did stop when he followed you to what felt like a safer place, then you exchanged details and now he's trying to threaten you.  Send him a message saying not to worry, you've been to the police and that you're happy for him to go through insurance.  They aren't going to penalise you for being scared of a man who has proven himself to be a bully.

"Hello is that the Police?  I did not mean to drive off honestly constable".    Really!    

Aretnap

sheramber said:

You have 24 hours to notify the police if you don't stop and exchange details at the time of the accident

This is not strictly true. You commit an offence if you don't stop at the time of the accident. You commit a *further* offence if you don't report the accident to the police *as soon as possible*. There is no entitlement to wait 24 hours, rather that's an upper limit on what "as soon as possible" can mean. You'd still commit the offence if you reported the accident after 23 hours, but it would have been possible to do it sooner. 

Since you have now exchanged details the police are not likely to be interested. 

This part is true. While technically an offence, stopping and exchanging details half a mile down the road rather than at the scene of the accident is not something that the police are likely to see as any sort of priority at all, nor would there be any obvious public interest in prosecuting it. 

warwick2001

Going by the AA advice, once you have exchanged details, it is no longer a police matter. That fact you drove off from the scene of the accident wasn't the smartest move. But once he accepted your details, and you both went off on your merry ways, that is pretty much the end of the matter. Quote from AA website......

When should I call the police?

After a car accident, things can often be resolved without calling the police if no-one’s injured and the other people involved co-operate with you. But it’s necessary to call the police if:

• The other driver or drivers leave the scene without giving details. This is the relevant matter, and since you have both exchanged details now, the police won't really give a toss that it took 4 minutes after the 'bump' to get this sorted. They have better things to do with their time. Like drink coffee and eat Haribos.
• You think the other driver has no insurance or is under the influence of drink or drugs.
• You suspect that the other driver caused the collision deliberately.

Tell the police about the accident within 24 hours – if you don't you may be given a fine, points on your licence, or a disqualification from driving.

Don't pay him, let the insurance sort it out.