Glad you're OK.
For all the talk about visibility and eye contact and all, what never gets mentioned is the motorist's mind-set.
Near as I can tell, drivers look for OTHER CARS. They don't look for a CLEAR SPACE in traffic. Your may think the difference is subtle, but it's two completely different things.
This, I think, explains why I have far fewer encounters after dark. I look like a one-eyed CAR.
This.
This youtube motorcycle safety video "SMIDSY" (sorry mate, I didn't see you!") covers the
invisibility of motorcycles to a quick glance from the driver. It applies to bikes too.
Especially the part
starting at 2:30 here. The motorcycle with lights and a safety vest is not that easy to see at a glance.
I got (lightly) hit a few years ago by a driver rolling slowly out of a parking lot entrance as I approached at about 8-10 mph up a grade. I think we were both moving about the same speed at 90 degrees, so I was in the same position in the driver's vision the whole time. And I wasn't watching the car, expecting it would stop at the end of the driveway.