Can Crows really sense danger?

I was biking today, a lot. I had my headphones going, and music so loud, i couldn't hear the traffic. There's a little turn off, where cars zoom off the highway, and i was going down the road leading to it. I noticed this crow on the wire, watching and cawing. I didn't really pay much attention to it, because, well, it's a crow, there's crows everywhere. Anyways, so i was a little distracted. I went to run through the stop sign, because i didn't think anything was coming. That's when out of the corner of my eye i seen a silver car, headed right my way. I slammed on the brakes so fast and hard, i thought i'd go over the handle bars. The car missed me by two inches. Is it me or is it all a little coincidental?