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I feel for you. Traffic from side streets is always my main worry when going down Reigate Hill. As hippy says, it's her fault (100% so, especially as her expectation ('she expected me to stop even though I was on the main road') is absurd) and she should have given you her full details at the scene, as that's a legal obligation on her. Even that has been found to fail in the past, unfortunately.
hippy:
I think the answer to that is waiting for police to arrive, however long that might take, there's been an RTA and they should be attending if called out.
It can be difficult to get the police out on the scene if there's no personal injury (it sounds as if you weren't injured?), as usually the expectation is for drivers/riders to sort out insurance details among themselves, but they should attend if they're told that one party refuses to give details.
tl;dr--she broke the law, first causing you damage and possibly injury, and then by refusing to give details.
Are you a member of the CTC/Cycling UK? You can get free legal advice in this sort of case. Hope you manage to get satisfaction in one way or another.
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Had to shuffle my bike back on my trailer. Not the easiest 0.5 miles walk to Reigate Station. The train journeys were stressful