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When I went over someone's bonnet earlier in the year (they were pulling across me, not having seen me, attempting to go the wrong way down a one-way street), the police couldn't have been less interested. In fairness to them, I wasn't injured and the driver gave me her details.
The damage to my bike was minor (torn bar tape), and besides the police said they wouldn't get involved - it was between me and her insurers.
I asked to fill out an incident form but was told that it would simply be a record for me that I had told them - it would not be used for TfL etc etc. So god knows why anybody would bother filling it out.
Sooooo this is all a long-winded way of saying that if you weren't injured and you got the driver's details, then don't bother filling out a form. However if they absconded then the police should deffo be interested.