This is the terrifying moment a bull knocked a woman off a moving motor scooter in India on Friday.

A video of the incident shows the large bovine strolling around the middle of a village road in Ballari in the state of Karnataka.

A motor scooter carrying two passengers approaches and the bull walks straight towards the vehicle and hits a female passenger with its horn.

She does a somersault and lands heavily in the road.

Fortunately, the woman walked away from the incident with only a few scrapes.

Witnesses called officials and a government veterinary doctor Ravi Kumar Kittur rushed to the spot.

He tranquilised the bull and said it would be relocated.

Nearby Kotturu has a popular Hindu temple and many devotees donate bulls to the deity.

The well-fed animals are considered sacred and cannot be harmed but residents say there are hundreds of bulls roaming in their village posing a threat to drivers.

This is the terrifying moment a massive bull attacks a man and two women riding a bike.

The woman sitting on the pillion is thrown into air and does a full somersault before crashing on the ground.

Luckily, the woman suffered only a few scrapes and left the spot after a while.

After making the unprovoked attack, the bull also walked away leisurely.

The disturbing incident occurred at a village in Ballari in South India on November 30.

The residents of Kottur, who witnessed the attack, called officials and a government veterinary doctor Ravi Kumar Kittur rushed to the spot. He tranquilised the bull and said it would relocated elsewhere.

Kottur has a popular Hindu temple and many devotees donate bulls to the deity. The well-fed bulls are considered sacred and cannot be harmed.

Residents say there are hundreds of bulls roaming in their village posing a threat to people on the road.