SIDE STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE BODY

The invention provides a side structure of a vehicle body, which realizes a pillar structure that can efficiently absorb the collision energy in the event of a side collision with a simple configuration to be capable of effectively increasing the vehicle body support rigidity in the event of a vehicle side collision. The side structure of the vehicle body includes a reinforcing member () joined to the upper surface of an outer sill () of a side sill () on the inner side of an outer pillar () of a center pillar () in the vehicle width direction; and a bracket () for attaching a seat belt retractor () to the side sill (). The bracket () is fixed to and interposed between a surface of the reinforcing member () on the inner side in the vehicle width direction and the upper surface of an inner sill ().