Blood on the streets

Again if I say 'I was hit by a van driver' people will think a van driver punched me, not collided with me in his van.

When you collide with a vehicle, it is the vehicle that you physically hit, not the driver. The driver may be responsible, not the vehicle, but he's inside his little bubble of steel and glass. Until he gets out and you slap him upside the head there is no collision between you and the driver.

"some bellend in a van sideswiped me while yapping on his mobile"

"a guy in a prius rear-ended me at a traffic light and he doesn't even pay any road tax"

"this bint drove into me when she decided she fancied being in the lane I was in at the time"