Rail vehicle, in particular for high-speed traffic, with - a vehicle component arranged on an underside of the rail vehicle , and - an impact protection device for the vehicle component arranged on the underside of the rail vehicle, - wherein - the impact protection device comprises at least one impact protection element (110.1, 110.2), wherein - the impact protection element (110.1, 110.2) is arranged on the underside in a vehicle longitudinal direction of the rail vehicle in front of the vehicle component in order to shield the vehicle component against an impact from objects striking along the vehicle longitudinal direction, and - the impact protection element (110.1, 110.2) has at least one projection (110.4) pointing away from the vehicle component in the vehicle longitudinal direction and having an impact edge (110.5) protruding in the vehicle longitudinal direction, wherein - the projection (110.4) is designed to deflect objects striking along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle in a vehicle transverse direction, characterized in that - the impact protection element (110.1, 110.2) extends in a vehicle transverse direction between two lateral outer regions (110.8), wherein - at least one of the two outer regions (110.8) forms a flow separation edge (110.9) for an air flow sweeping over the impact protection element (110.1, 110.2) when the rail vehicle is in operation, and - the impact edge (110.5) is formed in an area in which at least two impact surfaces (110.6, 110.7) inclined to the vehicle longitudinal direction meet, wherein - each of the impact surfaces (110.6, 110.7) faces in the driving direction. - a vehicle component arranged on an underside of the rail vehicle , and - an impact protection device for the vehicle component arranged on the underside of the rail vehicle, - - the impact protection device comprises at least one impact protection element (110.1, 110.2), wherein - the impact protection element (110.1, 110.2) is arranged on the underside in a vehicle longitudinal direction of the rail vehicle in front of the vehicle component in order to shield the vehicle component against an impact from objects striking along the vehicle longitudinal direction, and - the impact protection element (110.1, 110.2) has at least one projection (110.4) pointing away from the vehicle component in the vehicle longitudinal direction and having an impact edge (110.5) protruding in the vehicle longitudinal direction, wherein - the projection (110.4) is designed to deflect objects striking along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle in a vehicle transverse direction, - the impact protection element (110.1, 110.2) extends in a vehicle transverse direction between two lateral outer regions (110.8), wherein - at least one of the two outer regions (110.8) forms a flow separation edge (110.9) for an air flow sweeping over the impact protection element (110.1, 110.2) when the rail vehicle is in operation, and - the impact edge (110.5) is formed in an area in which at least two impact surfaces (110.6, 110.7) inclined to the vehicle longitudinal direction meet, wherein - each of the impact surfaces (110.6, 110.7) faces in the driving direction. <EOS>