Billy Joel has long been known to be a risky driver.
He has a record of being in at least 5 different car crashes since 2002, where he crashed a Mercedes Benz.
Some speculate that the same kind of brain that makes a child a musical prodigy could come with certain liabilities, such as the difficulty of judging time and distance, or spatial awareness.
The late (Great!) Burt Bacharach often showed the behaviors of OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder), and was a perfectionist whenever it concerned how his music was to be sung or orchestrated. He later on admitted to “popping pills and hitting the booze hard.” as a way to cope with his anxieties.
Not as risky as Harry Chapin.