Pedal support structure for a vehicle

1. A support structure for supporting a pedal for a vehicle with a pedal bracket connected to a toeboard panel for separating an engine compartment from a passenger compartment and to a steering beam disposed at a backward position from the toeboard panel, comprising:

a front bracket section of the pedal bracket fixed to the toeboard panel; and

a rear bracket section of the pedal bracket fixed to the steering beam through a support bracket for the steering beam, said pedal being attached to said rear bracket section,

wherein a rear end part of said front bracket section is slidably secured into a front end part of said rear bracket section with coupling means, and said coupling means disengages the rear end part of said front bracket section and the front end part of said rear bracket section from each other when an impact load pushing said toeboard panel backwardly is applied, and

wherein said front bracket section with a top face descending in a backward direction of the vehicle comprises a nail part being continuous with the top face of said front bracket section and extending downwardly from the rear end of said front bracket section by a predetermined length.

2. The support structure according to claim 1 , wherein

said front end part of the rear bracket section slants along said rear end part of the front bracket section, and said rear end part is secured to said support bracket so as to facilitate an upward rotation at the front end part of said rear bracket section and a downward rotation at the rear end part thereof when an impact load from a front side of a vehicle is applied to the vehicle.

3. The support structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a pushrod for transmitting an operational force applied on said pedal,

wherein said nail part bends said pushrod when the impact load pushing said toeboard panel backwardly is applied.