A hood latch system (100;300;400;500) for a vehicle comprising a hood having a striker attached to the inside of the hood, the hood latch system comprising: a spring loaded claw pivotally attached to an assembly base, the claw is rotatable between an engaged position in which said striker is locked in place by said claw, and an open position in which said striker is disengaged from said claw, a main pawl (102;302,402;502) pivotally attached to said assembly base, wherein, under the influence of a normal operation force, the main pawl (102;302,402;502) is rotatable between a first position in which the claw is held in place by said main pawl (102;302,402;502) in the engaged position and a second position in which said claw is released by said main pawl (102;302,402;502) whereby said claw is allowed to rotate into said open position, an inertia pawl rotatable with respect to the main pawl (302, 502) between a blocking position in which the inertial pawl blocks the main pawl (302, 502) from rotating from said first position to said second position, and an non-blocking position in which the main pawl (302, 502) is allowed to rotate from said first position to said second position, wherein the inertial pawl is spring loaded by a spring and is arranged to rotate in a plane generally perpendicular to the rotation plane of the main pawl (302, 502), the inertial pawl is biased by the spring to be in the non-blocking position under normal operation, wherein under the influence of a crash acceleration force the inertial pawl is configured to rotate to the blocking position, said crash acceleration force is higher than said normal operation force, wherein said inertial pawl comprises a blocking portion configured to be held away from the rotation plane of the main pawl (302, 502) by said spring in said non-blocking position of the inertial pawl during normal operation, and wherein during said crash event under the influence of said crash acceleration force, said spring is configured to allow the inertial pawl to rotate such that the blocking portion intercepts the rotational plane of the main pawl (302, 502) whereby the main pawl (302, 502) is prevented by the blocking portion of the inertial pawl from moving into the second position to release the claw, such that, when said main pawl (302, 502) is caused to be activated for rotating from said first position to said second position by a crash acceleration force caused by a crash event, said main pawl (302, 502) is configured to prevent said striker from being released from the hood latch system. a spring loaded claw pivotally attached to an assembly base, the claw is rotatable between an engaged position in which said striker is locked in place by said claw, and an open position in which said striker is disengaged from said claw, a main pawl (102;302,402;502) pivotally attached to said assembly base, wherein, under the influence of a normal operation force, the main pawl (102;302,402;502) is rotatable between a first position in which the claw is held in place by said main pawl (102;302,402;502) in the engaged position and a second position in which said claw is released by said main pawl (102;302,402;502) whereby said claw is allowed to rotate into said open position, an inertia pawl rotatable with respect to the main pawl (302, 502) between a blocking position in which the inertial pawl blocks the main pawl (302, 502) from rotating from said first position to said second position, and an non-blocking position in which the main pawl (302, 502) is allowed to rotate from said first position to said second position, wherein the inertial pawl is spring loaded by a spring and is arranged to rotate in a plane generally perpendicular to the rotation plane of the main pawl (302, 502), the inertial pawl is biased by the spring to be in the non-blocking position under normal operation, wherein under the influence of a crash acceleration force the inertial pawl is configured to rotate to the blocking position, said crash acceleration force is higher than said normal operation force, wherein said inertial pawl comprises a blocking portion configured to be held away from the rotation plane of the main pawl (302, 502) by said spring in said non-blocking position of the inertial pawl during normal operation, and wherein during said crash event under the influence of said crash acceleration force, said spring is configured to allow the inertial pawl to rotate such that the blocking portion intercepts the rotational plane of the main pawl (302, 502) whereby the main pawl (302, 502) is prevented by the blocking portion of the inertial pawl from moving into the second position to release the claw, such that, when said main pawl (302, 502) is caused to be activated for rotating from said first position to said second position by a crash acceleration force caused by a crash event, said main pawl (302, 502) is configured to prevent said striker from being released from the hood latch system.