A scooter rider was saved by her helmet after a car ran over her head in eastern China.

The terrifying CCTV video, filmed in Yuyao county in Zhejiang province on September 1, shows a pick-up truck reversing on a road knocking over a scooter.

As the scooter fell, the driver was shunted into the path of an oncoming vehicle which then ran over her head.

Since the scooter rider was wearing a helmet, she had injuries to her head but she was not in life-threatening condition.