Motor vehicle lock

A motor vehicle lock comprising:

• a latch,
• a locking pawl,
• an actuating lever which is pivotable about an actuating lever axis, by the actuation thereof the locking pawl being disengageable from an initial position into an actuating position, and
• an adjustable crash element which is adjustable into a released position in which the locking pawl is disengageable by an actuation of the actuating lever and into a crash position in which the crash element blocks the actuating lever in a blocked position or decouples the actuating lever from the locking pawl,
• wherein the crash element is coupled to the actuating lever such that, with an actuation of the actuating lever and depending on the actuating lever speed, the crash element reaches the released position from a central position either in a first adjusting direction or the crash element reaches the crash position in a second adjusting direction and is latched in the crash position,
• wherein the coupling between the actuating lever and the crash element comprises a control mechanism for the movement control of the crash element, said control mechanism guiding the crash element from the central position, either into the released position or into the crash position depending on the actuating lever speed,
• the motor vehicle lock further comprising a crash element spring, the crash element spring pretensioning the crash element.