I witnessed one in first-person.

I was riding a bike in the countryside in Guangxi, on a gravel road, and holding a can of coke in one hand. I tried to turn sharply to avoid a ditch, fell off the bike and grazed the entire left side of my body. I didn't spill a drop of coke though.

It's good to know that when defensive reflexes are required my first instinct is to protect the coke. It'd be interesting to know which I'd protect, if I was carrying a can of coke and a baby.

Last month I was at an intersection on my bike, on the way to the swimming pool, at peak hour, just after dark. A guy on a scooter with his girlfriend sitting sidesaddle on the back was just ahead of me to the right. The girl was looking at me, so of course I smiled at her, and she smiled, and we had one of those moments where I'd like to think she was considering an alternate future.

Anyway, her boyfriend looked around and apparently he wasn't as interested as she was in smiles and inappropriately long eye contact. He said something to his girlfriend and she looked in another direction. The boy kept turning his head to look back at me.

The traffic in the other direction stopped, so I rode past them. Then the boy accelerated past me unnecessarily fast, clipped one of those movable metal barriers, became a bit wobbly, braked suddenly and doubled over the handle bars. His girlfriend deftly jumped off, and he came to an undignified stop (just managing to keep the bike upright). I gave the girl a quizzical expression and rode on. I highly value Chinese boys for their insecurity.

Every time I look in the mirror...

It's night time, it's been raining for two days in a  row. I'm riding my bike, on a narrow section of the bike lane, with the public lightening off. One e-bike goes all lights off counterway, in front of me. An other e-bike goes all lights off all lights off, in the correct way. Both drivers are talking on their phone. Head-on collision, drivers, phones and wives are flying.

Do the smart thing: keep driving with no helmets, lights-off, caring so much for your phone and nothing else. It's all about luck, right ?

Just yesterday I saw a a guy plant a brand new (had temp plates) BMW 5-series in a concrete flowerbox. Minimal turning the steering wheel would have prevented it. Was at a T junction and had enough speed to bend the front nicely. Doubt that car will ever be nice to drive again. 

Mr T could start a dedicated China season of worlds Crazy Fools

When I first came to China i really wanted one  those scooters. Not for transportation, just for fun, I lived in this huge complex, thought it would be fun. So I bought one, and the very first day, within the first two hours, I was driving through this crappy village/farmer area near my complex and im going slow as hell because I cant even ride a bicycle let alone a scooter and I see this lady coming right at me.  I stop completely and started yelling.  

This lady is looking straight down. Not a phone,  nothing, she like blanked out maybe?? Maybe was driving with sonar???  I have no idea. Im yelling at her and she just drives directly into me. Im braced for it, but she goes over the handle bars, and starts yelling at me. So im calling her a dumb farmer bitch in Chinese and everyone saw it because i was yelling my head off, and they blamed her, so she drove away all bloody before the cops came. 

I never went to the hospital but im sure she fractured my hand or finger, because it was black and hurt for nearly a year.  I had to become ambidextrous for a few weeks if you know what i mean. 

Anyways I drove that bike home, parked it in the scooter area, left the keys in it and i never went back.  Never even passed by it again as it was out of the way. Dont know if it lasted a week there or its still hanging out.