A pneumatic tire comprises a carcass layer, a belt layer disposed on an outer side of the carcass layer in a tire radial direction, and a tread rubber disposed on the outer side of the belt layer in the tire radial direction. The belt layer formed by laminating an angle belt having a belt angle ≥45° and ≤70° in absolute values, a pair of cross belts, having belt angles of ≥10° and ≤45° in absolute values and having belt angles of mutually opposite signs, and a circumferential reinforcing layer having a belt angle within a range of ±5° with respect to a tire circumferential direction. A tread width TW and a cross-sectional width Wca of the carcass layer have a relationship such that 0.82≤TW/Wca≤0.92. A width Ws of the circumferential reinforcing layer and a cross-sectional width Wca of the carcass layer such that 0.60≤Ws/Wca≤0.70.

Crown of a tire for a heavy vehicle that is desensitized to attacks. The tire (1) comprises tread (2) having a median degree of surface siping TL.sub.C, expressed in m/m.sup.2, equal to the ratio between the cumulative length L.sub.DC of the cuts (21), present in a median portion of tread of axial width W.sub.C, and the median area A.sub.C of the radially outer surface (23) of the tread (2), and protective reinforcement (4) comprising at least two protective layers (41, 42) that are formed of elastic metallic reinforcers and have a maximum breaking strength R.sub.max, expressed in daN/m, such that the median degree of surface siping TL.sub.C of tread (2) is at least equal to 5 m/m.sup.2 and a coupling ratio C.sub.C, equal to the ratio between the maximum breaking strength R.sub.max and the median degree of surface siping TL.sub.C, is at least equal to 18 000 daN.

A passenger vehicle tire having hooping layer (71) that has a force at break FR per mm of axial width of the hooping layer at least equal to 35 daN/mm and has a secant extension modulus MA at least equal to 250 daN/mm, for an applied force F equal to 15% of FR. Working reinforcement (6) comprises a single working layer (61) the working reinforcers of which form, with the circumferential direction (YY′), an angle A.sub.T at least equal to 30° and at most equal to 50°. The carcass reinforcers of the at least one carcass layer (81) form, with the circumferential direction (YY′) and in the equatorial plane (XZ), an angle A.sub.C2 at least equal to 55° and at most equal to 80° and having an orientation opposite of that of angle A.sub.T of the working reinforcers so that the carcass reinforcers and the working reinforcers constitute a triangulation.

An outer diameter of a pneumatic tire 350 mm or more and 600 mm or less. As RW is defined by a rim width of a rim wheel assembled to the pneumatic tire and SW is defined by a tire width of the pneumatic tire, the relation of 0.78≤RW/SW≤0.99 is satisfied. A carcass has a carcass cord arranged along the tire width direction. The carcass cord is formed of a filament of steel. The outer diameter of the carcass cords is 0.7 mm or less, and a distance between adjacent carcass cords is 4.0 mm or less.

A pneumatic tire comprises a belt layer disposed in the tread portion. The average cord angle θn and average cord count Nn of the belt layer are constant or gradually increases or decreases from a center position to shoulder positions. The ratio θns/θnc of the average cord angle θns at the shoulder positions to the average cord angle θnc at the center position is 1.30 or less. The ratio Nns/Nnc of the average cord count Nns at the shoulder positions to the average cord count Nnc in the center position is 0.77 or more.

In a pneumatic tire are defined: a first imaginary line VL1 passing through a ground contact surface in a meridian cross section of a tread, a second imaginary line VL2 passing through a bottom of a shoulder groove and parallel to VL1, an intersection point P between VL2 and a surface of a shoulder land outward of a ground contact edge T in a lateral direction, and an equatorial plane CL. Given A as a distance in the lateral direction between P and CL, B as a groove depth of the shoulder groove, and C as a distance in the lateral direction between T and CL, 0.80≤(B+C)/A≤1.15 is satisfied. Given Q as a distance in the lateral direction between CL and an end of a belt ply that has a shorter dimension in the lateral direction, 0.75≤Q/C≤0.95 is satisfied.

An outermost end of a carcass folded-up portion is located in a tire width direction inside than an end in the tire width direction of the outermost inclined belt layer, in the tire radial direction between a carcass main body portion and the innermost inclined belt layer. A carcass cord in the folded-up portion located on the outermost side of the tire and a belt cord of the outermost inclined belt layer cross each other to be inclined in the same direction in a tire circumferential direction as being from one side toward the other side in the tire width direction, a difference in inclination angle is 30° or less, a width of the outermost inclined belt layer is larger than that of the innermost inclined belt layer, and in-plane rigidity per unit width of the innermost inclined belt layer is higher than that of the outermost inclined belt layer.

A pneumatic tire includes a carcass layer and belt layers including belt cords inclined with respect to a circumferential direction, the belt cords of different layers being arranged in a criss-cross manner. In at least one belt layer, an inclination angle α of the belt cords with respect to the circumferential direction at a center position and an inclination angle β of the belt cords with respect to the circumferential direction at a belt end position satisfy 15°≤β<α≤35°. A maximum ground contact length L1 and a ground contact length L2 satisfy 0.8≤L2/L1≤1.0, where L1 is the maximum ground contact length in the circumferential direction, W1 is a maximum ground contact width in a radial direction, and L2 is the ground contact length in the circumferential direction at a position 40% of W1 from the center position outward in a lateral direction.

The pneumatic tire includes a carcass layer, a belt layer disposed on an outer side of the carcass layer in a radial direction, and a tread rubber disposed on an outer side of the belt layer in the radial direction. Additionally, the carcass layer has a cord angle of 80° or more and 100° or less. Additionally, the belt layer is formed by layering a first reinforcing belt, a second reinforcing belt that is narrower than the first reinforcing belt, and an auxiliary belt that is spaced apart from a tire equatorial plane and disposed between the carcass layer and the first reinforcing belt. Additionally, the first reinforcing belt has a cord angle of 11° or more and 30° or less, the second reinforcing belt has a cord angle of 1° or more and 11° or less, and the auxiliary belt has a cord angle of 55° or more and 70° or less.

A tire includes a carcass ply, a tread disposed radially outward of a crown region of the carcass ply, and a belt structure having an overall axial width substantially equal to a tread width interposed between the tread and the crown region in circumferential surrounding relation to the carcass ply. The belt structure includes a first belt layer and a second belt layer radially adjacent the first belt layer. The first belt layer includes a first reinforced composite with first reinforcement cords embedded in a first rubber matrix. The first reinforcement cords have a construction of 1100/4 dtex with a twist between 150 TPM and 250 TPM and a dipping tension between 100 mN/tex and 200 mN/tex.