PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION AIRBAG DEVICE

PROBLEMTo provide a pedestrian protection airbag device capable of efficiently protecting a pedestrian with a simple configuration.RESOLUTION MEANSThe pedestrian protection airbag device 100 includes an airbag cushion 114 that expands and deploys from below a front hood 104 toward the windshield 108. The airbag cushion 114 includes a main expansion portion 118 covering a lower portion of a windshield 108 from one side to another side of the A-pillars 110a, 110b, a pair of protruding expansion portions 120a, 120b protruding upward from the main expansion portion 118 along the A-pillars 110a, 110b so as to cover the A-pillars 110a, 110b, and high friction regions 122a, 122b formed in a range including at least portions of the vicinity of the tip end parts 124a, 124b on the front surface side of the protruding expansion portions 120a, 120b facing the A-pillars 110a, 110b and having a higher coefficient of friction than the other outer surfaces of the airbag cushion 114.