Provided is a pneumatic tyre with which grip performance on a road surface having a low coefficient of friction can be improved and tread pattern durability can be further improved. A pneumatic tyre tread 1 according to the present invention has a ground-contacting element 5 demarcated by grooves 4 (4a, 4b) formed in the tread, micro-incisions 3a being formed in the ground-contacting element, the micro-incisions, at least when the tyre is new, having one arcuate portion 33 and two end portions 31, 32 formed in a ground-contacting surface of the tread, opening to a width E in the ground-contacting surface of the tread and extending such that they do not open in the grooves, an incision length L being at most equal to 3.0 mm.
