Abstract: A motor vehicle safety arrangement has a pedal mechanism with at least one bearing block and at least one pedal articulated thereon. The bearing block is held by a beam member which extends approximately over the width of the vehicle and is spaced from a bulkhead delimiting the passenger compartment. In order to prevent injury to feet on frontal impact, the beam member is resistant to bending and is uncoupled from the bulkhead. The distance between the member and bulkhead is dimensioned such that, in the event of intrusion of the bulkhead as a result of a collision, the position of the beam member does not vary substantially.

Abstract: In the typical embodiment described in the specification, a rigid frame structure for an end region of a motor vehicle is assembled exclusively from triangles of elements in an octahedral arrangement so as to provide a favorable force-to-travel characteristic in the event of a collision. In the octahedral arrangement, an end triangle of elements forming the end of the vehicle points upward with an apex, and a triangle of elements that is substantially parallel to the end triangle and serves the purpose of mounting to an adjacent vehicle region and has a downwardly pointing apex.