Non-motorist

A non-motorist is a road user not in a motor vehicle, i.e. someone who is either travelling on foot or riding in a human-/animal-powered vehicle. This group includes pedestrians, cyclists, kick scooters, rollerbladers and skateboarders, skiers, pushchairs, wheelchairs or kicksledders, and much less commonly horse riders and carts.

Non-motorists typically travel at a much slower speed than motorists, and in the event of a traffic collision, especially against motor vehicles, they are not physically protected by anything more than personal protective gears (if wearing any at all), usually only a helmet. In the field of traffic management and road safety, they are often studied as a separate group, especially in road collisions.