Pneumatic tire

A pneumatic tire comprising:

• a tread portion divided into a plurality of land regions including a shoulder land region arranged on a side of a tread edge by a plurality of main grooves including a shoulder main groove extending in a tire circumferential direction and arranged on the side of the tread edge, wherein
• the shoulder land region is divided into a plurality of shoulder blocks by a plurality of shoulder lateral grooves crossing the shoulder land region,
• each of the shoulder lateral grooves comprises an inner lateral groove portion intersecting the shoulder main groove, an outer lateral groove portion intersecting the tread edge, and a sipe portion connecting between the inner lateral groove portion and the outer lateral groove portion,
• the outer lateral groove portion has a bent portion and extends so as to connect between the tread edge and the sipe portion,
• the land regions include a middle land region arranged adjacently to the shoulder land region on an inner side in a tire axial direction,
• the middle land region is divided into a plurality of middle blocks by a plurality of middle lateral grooves crossing the middle land region,
• an opening of each of the shoulder lateral grooves at an outer edge in the tire axial direction of the shoulder main groove at least partly overlaps with a virtual region, or a separation distance in the tire circumferential direction between the opening of the shoulder lateral groove and the virtual region is not more than 5.0 mm, and
• the virtual region is an extension of a groove opening of the middle lateral groove adjacent to the closest shoulder lateral groove that intersects with the outer edge in the tire axial direction of the shoulder main groove,
• the outer lateral groove portion has a second bent portion, and
• the outer lateral groove portion has a main portion extending axially inwardly from an outer end portion intersecting the tread edge, a first sub portion is connected with the main portion via the bent portion, and a second sub portion is connected with the first sub portion via the second bent portion, wherein
• the pneumatic tire is mounted to a vehicle having a cargo bed, and
• a distance in the tire axial direction between the position of a ground contacting edge when the cargo bed is empty and an inner end portion of the outer lateral groove portion is not more than 7 mm.