Supported by £480,000 of government funding, the RAC Foundation will lead the trial, which will see investigation teams working alongside the police on certain cases to gain a better understanding of accident causes.
Collisions will be analysed in three regions over three years.
RAC Foundation will work alongside the Department for Transport, Highways England, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and the police to gather data that will help inform the government’s long-term strategy for road safety.
RAC Foundation director Steve Gooding said: “We are keen to seize the opportunity to work with the DfT, the police and others to explore the scope for learning more about the causes of the road crashes that continue to blight – and curtail - so many lives, in particular to establish the practicalities, costs and full benefits of tackling and pre-empting them more effectively.”