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Ok thanks folks, I don't already have his insurers' details, so I will do that.
Interesting about the house insurance thing: I do think that's a cop-out, but if he contests it, it will be ages. So this could be good, if nothing else works, and I might actually go for the low stress option. I'm not interested in compensation for injuries, only for my bike, so an insurance pay-out from either him or our own insurers is the way forward I think. (My bike is not insured on anything other than the house isurance...)
I haven't even got my letter from the Collisions Section yet so I don't know where (or even if)blame has been apportioned, but it sounds a hell of a lot easier to claim off our own house insurance than the driver's.
I phoned the Collisions Unit today and they knew who I was but hadn't yet logged my CAD number (they are still logging accidents from 4 December, mine was on 8 December but hopefully it will be put on the system by the end of this week) and turned it into a case - they also said that I can write to them and request the driver's insurance details directly.