A hood hinge structure for hinge connecting together a hinge lower to be
fixed to a body and a hinge upper to be fixed to a hood at a hinge axial
center, the engine room side of the vehicle body serving as the fixing
portion of the hinge lower is formed as a stepped portion which is
situated on the lower side, and the fixing portion of the hinge upper is
disposed such that it is opposed to the stepped portion. In this
structure, even in case where the head of a pedestrian is butted against
the hood in the vicinity of the hinge portion due to a collision, the
hinge portion is deformed within a relatively long shock-absorbing stroke
formed between the hinge portion and stepped portion formed on the engine
room side of the vehicle body to thereby be able to absorb the shock
sufficiently.
