This is the shocking moment a passenger fell from a moving bus in India.

The woman, Saradha, 52, was standing inside the crowded bus but failed to see the uncovered steps and the open door - walking straight into the gap.

CCTV footage shows Saradha falling as she lost her grip on the steel handrail, before tumbling out of the vehicle and rolling across the pavement.

The driver pulled over and fellow passengers rushed to help her. She also dropped her shopping from a recent trip to buy clothes.

She was rushed to the Salem Government Hospital where she is being treated for her injuries from the incident in Namakkal City, Tamil Nadu, on July 2.

The incident raises further concerns about the safety of India's ageing buses.

A similar accident unfolded in Erode, Tamil Nadu, in February 2024, when a bus conductor prevented a woman from falling out of a moving bus.

The quick actions of the conductor, who grabbed the woman's hair and pulled her back inside the bus, prevented a potentially dangerous situation.

Following the incident, the woman gathered her belongings, expressed her gratitude to the bus conductor, and disembarked when the bus came to a stop.