Vehicle side body structure

A vehicle side body structure comprising:

• a hinge pillar that extends in an up-down direction;
• a front pillar that is coupled to an upper end portion of the hinge pillar via a bent section, that extends upward to a rear side in a vehicle body, and that is coupled to a front end portion of a roof side rail via a connected section;
• and
• an apron reinforcement that extends forward from a position below the bent section in the hinge pillar, wherein
• the bent section includes an energy absorption section configured to be subjected to out-of-plane deformation in a longitudinal orthogonal direction of the front pillar and thereby absorb collision energy in a case where the collision energy, which is directed rearward, is applied to the apron reinforcement,
• the front pillar includes:
• an outer member;
• and
• an inner member that cooperates with the outer member to form a closed cross section shifted upward to the rear,
• the energy absorption section includes a bead section in the outer member and/or the inner member,
• each of the outer member and the inner member has a flange in an outer edge portion, and
• the flange has a notched section at a position adjacent to the bead section.