Vehicle provided with a safety device for the protection of pedestrians

The safety unit has a deformation element(12) connected to the bonnet side and/or body side pivot points(6,7,9,10) of a bonnet hinge arrangement in a way that with impact by a pedestrian the front bonnet(3) is lowered relative to the body by a specific amount by energy absorption through the deformation element. The front bonnet in its initial position(16) with the bonnet side hinge section(8) is located above the body side hinge section(11) with a spacing.