An accelerator pedal which has a housing; a foot plate coupled hingedly with the housing; a pedal arm; a carrier that penetrates the housing to connect the foot plate and the pedal arm; a compression spring to apply restoring force to the carrier; and a cover. The accelerator pedal has a plate coupling part that extends from a body of the housing. The foot plate has a first end is inserted into a coupling hole of the plate coupling part and is coupled hingedly with the housing. The compression spring is disposed between a lower side of the body of the housing and the carrier.