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Life360 is an app that allows family members to track one another’s location. But this location data comes with some surprising insights. In its latest study, the company claims that Florida—the birthplace of NASCAR—is also the state with the most crashes per capita.

Life360 offers unique insights into Florida’s driving and crash data

Which state has the most crashes? It’s a tricky question with multiple answers. Georgia, for example, has the most vehicles involved in accidents overall. Mississippi, on the other hand, has the most fatal crashes per capita. But Life360 tracks something different: unreported collisions.

Using sensors built into users’ phones, the Life360 app detects a crash when a vehicle is moving over 25 mph and experiences a significant impact. The app even offers to contact emergency services when this happens.

Life360 concluded that “Florida has the highest percentage of crashes of any state in the country, with frequent rapid acceleration and hard braking to match” .

The app’s internal data suggests rural Floridians are less likely to get in a crash. The real danger lies in Florida’s bustling metro areas. “Tampa, Orlando, Miami, Jacksonville, and Fort Lauderdale make up five of the eight highest crash cities in America,” the company found .

Other states earned different dubious honors. Arizona had the highest rate of speeding. And California? According to Life360, it “may be the epicenter of aggressive driving.” Coming in just behind Florida for total crashes was—you guessed it—the home of Charlotte Motor Speedway: North Carolina.

Florida’s longstanding love of with speed

By the 1930s, the sand of Daytona Beach, Florida, was a popular spot for drag racing. In 1938, organizers created corners by packing the sand with clay and used Atlantic Avenue as a straightaway. In the winter of 1947, stock car promoters from across the country met at the Ebony Bar in Daytona Beach to form NASCAR.

The league’s inaugural race was held on the beach in Daytona, though the season truly kicked off at the Charlotte Fairgrounds.

Today, Daytona International Speedway is home to both NASCAR’s Daytona 500 and a 24-hour endurance race: the Rolex 24. Florida even hosts Formula 1’s Miami Grand Prix.