Pedestrian protection device for vehicle

A pedestrian protection device for a vehicle, which is provided at a front portion of a vehicle body which comprises an engine room, a cowl box which is provided at an upper portion of a dash panel partitioning the engine room from a vehicle compartment and extends in a vehicle width direction, and an engine hood which is pivotally supported at the vehicle body via a first hinge provided at a rear end portion thereof so as to cover over the engine room,

• wherein the pedestrian protection device comprises an engine-hood guide mechanism which guides the engine hood upwardly and rearwardly so as to cover at least part of the cowl box when a collision of a pedestrian against a front end portion of the vehicle body is detected or predicted, and lowers the engine hood downwardly when a load acting on the engine hood exceeds a specified load.