A BUS garage was brought to a standstill when a bailiff demanded to know who had hit his van.

Tony Schorfield took the direct action of blocking vehicles going in and out of the Bromley bus garage in Hastings Road, Bromley Common, because he was desperate to find the culprit.

He said he knew it had been scraped by a bus because of the height of the blue and red paint on the side of his white vehicle but calls to the East London Bus Group and Transport for London did not lead him anywhere.

The 37-year-old says he was told it might not have been a 208 bus, which goes past his house where his car was parked when it was damaged, and he would have to wait until the driver responsible filed a report.

He was worried this might not happen so he drove to the bus garage.

Mr Schorfield said: "I blocked the buses coming out and said you're not getting another out of the garage until you find out who hit my motor'."

Bus garage staff called the police who told the father-of-one he was not allowed to block the entrance.

They made him move out of the way before he could find out which bus had hit him.

The resident of Crown Road, Bromley Common, thinks the bus driver responsible should have stopped immediately, put a note on his window and phoned through to the garage to report the incident.

He added: "If I had not complained about it I don't think anything would have happened.

"It is just not good enough.

"They do not legally have to report an accident for 24 hours but why do they not report it as soon as possible?

"He's a bus driver and he could have left a note. There should be a sticker for the window saying a bus hit your car, here is a phone number'."

"You just do not expect it from a bus driver."

An East London Bus company spokesman said: "Mr Schorfield called on three separate occasions and on all three was extremely rude and was unprepared to listen to our claims procedure."