SIDE VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE

There are provided a side panel (2) constituting a vehicle side face (1) at a higher level than a damper attachment portion (19) suspending a rear wheel, a retractor (42) fixed to a cabin-inside face of the side panel, a frame member (4) forming a closed-cross section (4S) extending vertically in corporation with the side panel, and a reinforcing member (50) fixed to the side panel. The reinforcing member comprises a retractor attachment portion (Na, Ba) to attach the retractor, a gusset portion (52) to partition the closed-cross section of a C pillar reinforcement vertically, and a vibration-damping joint portion (53) joined to the side panel via a vibration-damping material. Herein, the reinforcing member is formed integrally by a member which is configured to be continuous over a range of the retractor attachment portion, the gusset portion and the vibration-damping joint portion.