A little leading is an understatement :P
I'd say that's a little bit of luck and a little bit of the universe balancing itself out. My goodness that's some crazy bad injuries there. No wonder you still "walk bad" like the kid said.
Do you still ride motorcycle? Did the van driver have any repercussions? Are you as pessimistic as House these days? Do you take vicodin all the time? (last two q's were mostly jokes)