Abstract: A skid plate for manually propelled scooters is provided. This skid plate includes a bottom panel, side panels and a front panel for protecting the front, sides and bottom of the platform section of a scooter. Projecting rearwardly from the front panel are one or more nodal projections which are sized and configured to project into hollow stiffening members of a scooter's platform section. In a preferred embodiment, the bottom panel of the skid plate further includes an upwardly extending ridge sized and configured to press fit into a groove formed on the underside of a scooter's platform section.