Brocephus

I had a chainring bizarrely implode on me about 2 weeks ago while lightly torquing up a hill, but thankfully, no accident or further damage resulted.
I've been a bike junky for decades, raced for a few years, but I can't recall another mechanical failure occurring on a ride (other than flats, and a couple busted spokes). I'm trying to recall if I've even personally seen any mechanical failures/accidents, during a ride, but nothing's coming to me.
I did get a cracked weld in a GT mountain frame years ago, that I spotted while cleaning the bike, but there was no "failure/accident".
Given that folks routinely post the most trivial and mundane things imaginable, the fact that there seems to be so few threads about something as noteworthy as a part failure and resulting accident, is probably just a testament to the safety and reliability of most modern bike components.