The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire, comprising a tread, which has at least one shoulder-side profile rib (1), which is structured in the manner of lugs and extends peripherally in the circumferential direction and in which incision-like transverse grooves (3) extend in the axial direction, which are each composed of three groove segments (3a, 3b, 3c), a middle groove segment (3a), a groove segment (3b) that extends toward the inside of the tread and ends within the profiled rib (1), and a groove segment (3c) that extends toward the outside of the tread and ends outside of the ground contact area. The transverse grooves (3) extend substantially linearly overall, wherein the middle groove segment (3a) extends over at least 60% of the axial extend of the transverse grooves (3) and has a depth (T), which is substantially constant over the extent of the middle groove segment, of 5 mm to 7 mm and, in cross-section, has two groove flanks (5, 6) extending substantially in the radial direction and having a mutual distance of 0.4 mm to 1.2 mm, wherein a bevel (6a) extending at an angle (β) of 30° to 50° to the radial direction adjoins one of the groove flanks (6) near the rib outer surface, wherein the middle groove segment (3a), continuing the border edges thereof present on the rib outer surface, transitions into the groove segment (3c) extending toward the outside of the tread, which groove segment has an end segment (3'c), which has a U-shaped cross-section and a depth (t2) of 1.0 mm to 1.5 mm.