Well...if they're going to crash on the startline...
Seriously, the figures are very interesting although as Billy admits, not statistically accurate, and I suppose the first argument would be that perhaps there are less incidents in the final laps because there are less people...they fell off earlier (or broke down or whatever.)
That'snot, however to say I agree with shortening the races. I totally disagree with that...just we have to be careful not to look unconvincing.
More analysis would be interesting...what kind of incident? What caused it...eg, machine fault, rider error, other rider's error, etc