Vehicle provided with a safety device for the protection of pedestrians

摘要

The safety unit includes a support element constructed as an at least one-section deformation element(6). In the event of an impact with a pedestrian the front bonnet(2) is purposefully lowered by energy absorption through deformation of the deformation element so that the deformation element is transferred from an undeformed normal position to a deformed position. The bonnet in its normal position(3) is located above the body(5) of the vehicle with a deformation spacing(D) which is about 80 mm.