Vehicle-body structure of vehicle

A vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, comprising:

• a vehicle-body frame member forming an opening portion for entrance at a vehicle side part;
• and
• a side door provided so as to open and close the opening portion,
• wherein said vehicle-body frame member comprises a side sill, said side door comprises a door panel portion and a reinforcement portion provided at a peripheral part of the door panel portion such that the reinforcement portion overlaps with said vehicle-body frame member in a vehicle side view, the peripheral part of said door panel portion comprises a lower-side overlapping portion which overlaps with said side sill in the vehicle side view, and said reinforcement portion is provided at two continuous side-portions of the peripheral part of the door panel portion which include said lower-side overlapping portion;
• wherein said vehicle-body frame member comprises a hinge pillar and an instrument-panel member provided at a position which overlaps with said hinge pillar in the vehicle side view and extending in the vehicle width direction, the peripheral part of said door panel portion comprises a front-side overlapping portion which overlaps with said hinge pillar and said instrument-panel member in the vehicle side view, and said reinforcement portion is provided at said lower-side overlapping portion and said front-side overlapping portion of the peripheral part of the door panel portion;
• wherein the reinforcement portion comprises a front-side reinforcement portion disposed along an inner front portion of the door panel portion along the hinge pillar, and a lower-side reinforcement portion disposed along an inner lower portion of the door panel portion which extends along the side sill;
• wherein the front-side reinforcement portion overlaps with a rear-side hinge-pillar flange and a hinge-pillar side wall portion of the hinge pillar in the vehicle side view;
• and
• wherein the lower-side reinforcement portion overlaps with an upper-side side-sill flange and a side-sill side wall portion of the side sill in the vehicle side view.