A steering apparatus (1, 200) comprising: a steering shaft transferring steering force; an inner column rotatably supporting a portion, on a rear side of a vehicle, of the steering shaft; an outer column rotatably supporting a portion, on a front side of the vehicle, of the steering shaft and including: a clamp portion slidably fitted onto the inner column and clamping and declamping the inner column; a tilt pivot disposed on the front side of the vehicle and rotatably fitted to a vehicle body; a vehicle-sided bracket pinching and fixing both sides of the clamp portion in a widthwise direction of the vehicle to the vehicle body and unlocking the locked clamp portion, and making the inner column and the outer column pivotable about the tilt pivot; a clamping bolt for clamping and declamping the clamp portion and the vehicle-sided bracket in the widthwise direction of the vehicle, corresponding to an operation of a user; wherein the steering apparatus (1, 200) further comprises: a friction plate (23, 24a, 24b) having an elongate hole (23f, 23g, 26a, 26b) extending in an axial direction and receiving insertion of the clamping bolt and being clamped by the clamping bolt together with the clamp portion and the vehicle-sided bracket to extend toward the rear side of the vehicle in the axial direction; and a holding member fitted on the inner column and connected to a portion, on the rear side of the vehicle, of the friction plate (23, 24a, 24b); characterized in that the holding member and the inner column are connected together via a shearing pin (21, 21a, 31); and the shearing pin (21, 21a, 31) is sheared into fracture upon receiving a predetermined level of impact force. a steering shaft transferring steering force; an inner column rotatably supporting a portion, on a rear side of a vehicle, of the steering shaft; an outer column rotatably supporting a portion, on a front side of the vehicle, of the steering shaft and including: a clamp portion slidably fitted onto the inner column and clamping and declamping the inner column; a tilt pivot disposed on the front side of the vehicle and rotatably fitted to a vehicle body; a vehicle-sided bracket pinching and fixing both sides of the clamp portion in a widthwise direction of the vehicle to the vehicle body and unlocking the locked clamp portion, and making the inner column and the outer column pivotable about the tilt pivot; a clamping bolt for clamping and declamping the clamp portion and the vehicle-sided bracket in the widthwise direction of the vehicle, corresponding to an operation of a user; wherein the steering apparatus (1, 200) further comprises: a friction plate (23, 24a, 24b) having an elongate hole (23f, 23g, 26a, 26b) extending in an axial direction and receiving insertion of the clamping bolt and being clamped by the clamping bolt together with the clamp portion and the vehicle-sided bracket to extend toward the rear side of the vehicle in the axial direction; and a holding member fitted on the inner column and connected to a portion, on the rear side of the vehicle, of the friction plate (23, 24a, 24b); characterized in that the holding member and the inner column are connected together via a shearing pin (21, 21a, 31); and the shearing pin (21, 21a, 31) is sheared into fracture upon receiving a predetermined level of impact force. a clamp portion slidably fitted onto the inner column and clamping and declamping the inner column; a tilt pivot disposed on the front side of the vehicle and rotatably fitted to a vehicle body; a vehicle-sided bracket pinching and fixing both sides of the clamp portion in a widthwise direction of the vehicle to the vehicle body and unlocking the locked clamp portion, and making the inner column and the outer column pivotable about the tilt pivot; a clamping bolt for clamping and declamping the clamp portion and the vehicle-sided bracket in the widthwise direction of the vehicle, corresponding to an operation of a user; wherein the steering apparatus (1, 200) further comprises: a friction plate (23, 24a, 24b) having an elongate hole (23f, 23g, 26a, 26b) extending in an axial direction and receiving insertion of the clamping bolt and being clamped by the clamping bolt together with the clamp portion and the vehicle-sided bracket to extend toward the rear side of the vehicle in the axial direction; and a holding member fitted on the inner column and connected to a portion, on the rear side of the vehicle, of the friction plate (23, 24a, 24b); characterized in that the holding member and the inner column are connected together via a shearing pin (21, 21a, 31); and the shearing pin (21, 21a, 31) is sheared into fracture upon receiving a predetermined level of impact force.