Originally Posted by chroot
I'd also like to consider a 'crash' to be an accident so severe that it either put you in the hospital, or kept you off your bike for more than a month. Minor accidents, dopey falls while learning to use cleats, pothole wheel-eaters and the like are, in my opinion, par for the course.
I've been riding 5000+ miles per year since the 1970s. I have never been treated in a hospital for any reason. I have never been off my bike for more than a month for any reason. The last time I fell off my road bike was almost 20 years ago. Mountain bike crashes are another matter.
On the other hand, I do know some klutzes that collect road rash regularly. They really don't pay enough attention to road and traffic conditions around them.