A five-year-old girl was left alone on a speeding motorbike along a busy highway after the motorbike rider crashed into another vehicle and fell to the ground.

The bike rode on for nearly 250 metres on its own, narrowly dodging vehicles including a heavy truck, before hitting a divider and crashing down.

The child, who was flung on a patch of grass, escaped with only a few scratches.

The incredible series of incidents unfolded on a highway near Bangalore in South India on August 19.

Dashcam footage from a passing car captured the moment the motorbike carrying a woman and a child on fuel tank scraped against a scooter. The woman and the rider of the bike fell down, but his vehicle continued *on* its run carrying the girl on its fuel tank.

After the bike crashed, bystanders rushed to help the victims and called the police of Nelamangala station.

The police said the girl and her mother were rushed to a hospital in Nelamangala near Bangalore. The girl and the mother were treated for minor injuries.

The Nelamangala traffic police said they have filed several cases - rash and negligent riding, hit-and-run, riding without helmet - against the unidentified biker.

This is the heart-stopping moment a bike drives on without a rider but carrying a five year-old-girl on its fuel tank after an accident on a busy highway.

The bike rode on for nearly 250 metres on its own, narrowly dodging vehicles including a heavy truck, before hitting a divider and crashing down.

The child, who was flung on a patch of grass, escaped with only a few scratches.

The incredible series of incidents unfolded on a highway near Bangalore in South India on August 19.

Dashcam footage from a passing car captured an accident involving a bike and a scooter.

The rashly driven bike with a woman on pillion and child on fuel tank scraped against a scooter. The woman and the rider of the bike fell down, but his vehicle continued with its run carrying the girl on its fuel tank.

After the bike crashed, bystanders rushed to help the victims and called the police of Nelamangala station.

The police said the girl, her mother and the scooter rider, who had also fallen down, were rushed to a hospital in Nelamangala near Bangalore. The girl and the mother left on their own after being treated for minor injuries.

The two had reportedly hitched a ride with a passing biker, who fled with his vehicle after the accident.

The Nelamangala traffic police said they have filed multiple several cases - rash and negligent riding, hit-and-run, riding without helmet - against the unidentified biker.

The scooter rider has been identified as Parameshwara Guru, a resident of Bangalore.