Pneumatic vehicle tyre having a directional tread with at least one central row of profile blocks, delimited on both sides by circumferential grooves (4, 5), with profile blocks which in top view are separated from one another by transverse grooves that run parallel to one another and open into the circumferential grooves (4, 5) and have in each case one groove centreline (m QR), two groove flanks (11, 12) and one groove base, wherein the transverse grooves have in each case a first groove portion which opens into the one of the circumferential grooves and in relation to the axial direction and in terms of the groove centreline (m QR) runs at an angle (α) of 5° to 25°, and adjoining thereto a second groove portion which in the axial direction is inclined opposite to the first groove portion, wherein the groove portions (7a, 7b) by way of their mutual connection region enter the ground first when the tyre rolls during forward travel, wherein formed in each profile block is an additional groove which, in top view, runs as an extension of the first groove portion and which is embodied to be narrower in comparison thereto and extends between the transverse groove and the other one of the two circumferential grooves, characterized in that the additional groove is embodied to be shallower in comparison to the first groove portion, wherein the groove base of the transverse groove has a base portion which extends over the complete second groove portion and by way of an end portion (13'a) protrudes into the first groove portion and is provided with a local depression which reaches up to the groove flanks (12, 13) and is at least partially formed in the end portion (13'a) or so as to be contiguous to the end portion (13'a), wherein the transverse groove is embodied to be shallowest in the region of the base portion outside the local depression. wherein the transverse grooves have in each case a first groove portion which opens into the one of the circumferential grooves and in relation to the axial direction and in terms of the groove centreline (m QR) runs at an angle (α) of 5° to 25°, and adjoining thereto a second groove portion which in the axial direction is inclined opposite to the first groove portion, wherein the groove portions (7a, 7b) by way of their mutual connection region enter the ground first when the tyre rolls during forward travel, wherein formed in each profile block is an additional groove which, in top view, runs as an extension of the first groove portion and which is embodied to be narrower in comparison thereto and extends between the transverse groove and the other one of the two circumferential grooves, characterized in that the additional groove is embodied to be shallower in comparison to the first groove portion, wherein the groove base of the transverse groove has a base portion which extends over the complete second groove portion and by way of an end portion (13'a) protrudes into the first groove portion and is provided with a local depression which reaches up to the groove flanks (12, 13) and is at least partially formed in the end portion (13'a) or so as to be contiguous to the end portion (13'a), wherein the transverse groove is embodied to be shallowest in the region of the base portion outside the local depression.