To change the height of a handrail such that a medical instrument such as a stretcher do not collide with the handrail not only in medical facilities but also in any other facilities, and to provide an impact absorbing handrail which includes a coping portion formed of a skidproof and soft material, withstands even if a physically handicapped person first reclines the handrail with his whole body and then grips the same with his hand, and therefore does not cause pain to him.

The impact absorbing handrail is of a two-stage impact absorbing system, and comprised of a rubber molding fixed to a handrail main body and a rubber molding pinched by a fixed bracket. The former rubber molding has a shape and a function of a soft handrail, even if a person touches, reclines on, topples over, or collides on the same. Further, the former rubber molding is fixed to the handrail main body so as not to directly transmit an impact to a wall surface even if the medical instrument such as the stretcher collides on the handrail. In this manner, the impact absorbing handrail is formed of a single building material with multiple functions which is friendly to users, instruments, and the wall surface.