Vehicle provided with a safety device for the protection of pedestrians

The safety unit has a deformation element(7) to which is connected a hinge arrangement(3) in a way that with impact by a pedestrian on the front bonnet(4) the latter together with front bonnet side hinge section(5) is lowered by a specific amount by energy absorption through the deformation element. The front bonnet is its initial position(2) is located above the plane of the body with a deformation spacing. The hinge sections(5,6) on the bonnet and body respectively lie one above the other and are directly interconnected at a pivot point(12).