Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett has confirmed a no-fault insurance scheme is likely be implemented within two years.

The Government is considering a model that would cover people who suffer catastrophic injuries in motor vehicle accidents, regardless of whether anyone is found to be responsible.

The issue was highlighted recently in the wake of a court case involving a former WA footballer who was left severely disabled when the car he was a passenger in crashed into a horse near Mount Barker in 2011.

Warrick Proudlove, 22, now lives in a nursing home because he needs 24-hour care.

His family, who moved from Albany to help look after him, failed in an attempt to sue the driver of the car for compensation.

A green paper on the issue was introduced to Parliament last month.

Scheme is 'complicated' and 'expensive'

Mr Barnett told 720 ABC Perth the scheme has not yet gone before Cabinet but when it did, it was likely it would pass.

"That is something we intend to introduce; we haven't yet finally made that decision," Mr Barnett said.

"It's quite complicated, and it will be expensive for motorists, but I think the public accept that so it is our intention to go down that path.

"It is a tragedy that people are dying and being injured in so many cases.

"It causes a huge amount of stress in our community and I hope the public of WA accepts they'll have to pay $80 or better on their vehicle registration, so they can have no-fault cases and people who are injured are covered no matter how it happened."

Mr Proudlove's mother Trish Proudlove asked the Premier why the laws had been so long in coming, if all parties agreed they should be implemented.

"The Government will formally consider it at Cabinet, I expect we'll formally endorse that. It'll probably then take one to two years to put in place," Mr Barnett said.

"Maybe WA should have taken this decision 15 or 20 years ago, that criticism could be made, but it's at least now moving."