The invention relates to a windscreen wiper device, especially for a motor vehicle, having at least one fastening element (10) for fastening a wiper arm to a wiper shaft (11). Windscreen wiper devices are mounted in areas that are frequently impacted by pedestrians during collision with a vehicle. As a result, components of the windscreen wiper device are responsible for a large number of injuries to pedestrians. The aim of the invention is to improve the windscreen wiper device in such a manner that the risk of injury to pedestrians during collision with a vehicle is reduced. According to the inventive windscreen wiper device, the at least one fastening element (10) is provided with a predetermined breaking point (12) and can therefore be detached from the wiper shaft (11) during impact on the at least one fastening element (10). |