Car crash-help

Involved in a small car accident yesterday, I took photos of the damage-didn't come out as it was dark. I also took a pic of the other persons number plate but didn't realise I missed the first letter of the plate.
I asked if he was insured,told me he was but wouldn't give details and wants to pay for the damage to my car-should I report the accident to the police? If so is it my local police or police near to the accident.
I was at a red light about to turn left on a filter,he was turning right on his filter green light. As I pulled away from behind an adavanced stop box(for cycles) he cut the corner causing us to hit each other-his rear door pretty smashed up but jus damage to my plastic bumper.
Only asking as in 16 years of driving it's my first accident-I don't deem to be my fault.
I asked if he was insured,told me he was but wouldn't give details and wants to pay for the damage to my car-should I report the accident to the police? If so is it my local police or police near to the accident.
I was at a red light about to turn left on a filter,he was turning right on his filter green light. As I pulled away from behind an adavanced stop box(for cycles) he cut the corner causing us to hit each other-his rear door pretty smashed up but jus damage to my plastic bumper.
Only asking as in 16 years of driving it's my first accident-I don't deem to be my fault.
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2. It's an offence not to give details, and it's a pretty big alarm bell.
3. I may be wrong here, but I'm fairly sure you can't both have had a filter - a filter implies you have exclusive right of way. If you did both have a green light, you have right of way as you were turning left.
As Bomp says, it's an offence not to give your details at the scene, and I had a feeling that it might be an offence not to report it to the police, but Thames Valley say not...
http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/faq-answer?id=Q425
HOWEVER, it does say in there "If both parties stopped at the scene and exchanged names and addresses". You didn't.
Some good info here as well...
http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/ ... -insurance
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For the number plate, there are only <26 options to try, so go to somewhere like the DVLA's road tax checking service and start with A until you get a match for the car type and colour; this will tell you if a car is taxed and MOTed. The chances of there being two of the same make, model and colour with near-identical plates is slim. You can also use the MIB database to see if they were insured.
https://www.vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/
http://www.askmid.com/askmidenquiry.aspx
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