An on-going partnership between the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and State Farm Insurance shows the risk of dying in a car accident increases as kids get older.

Of about 10,000 passenger deaths studied, more than half were riding with a driver under the age of 20. And two thirds weren't buckled up.

13 News caught up with a 16-year-old who recently got his license. Corey Smith says he does all he can to keep himself and his passengers safe.

"They don't want to wear a seat belt but if you're riding in my car you're going to wear a seat belt because i've been in a wreck before and the seat belt has saved my life," he said.

Smith says he knows plenty of kids who don't buckle up...and wasn't surprised by the statistics.