Seat belt structure for a vehicle

A vehicle, comprising:

• a vehicle body defining a passenger compartment and a cargo area;
• a plurality of seats arranged inside the passenger compartment and disposed in a plurality of rows including a rear row, wherein one or more seats of the rear row is configured to move between an upright position and a folded position;
• a side lining mounted on a sidewall of the vehicle body and extending from a rear end of the vehicle towards a front end of the vehicle;
• a safety belt webbing configured to restrain an occupant of the one or more seats of the rear row and extending along a height of the side lining of the vehicle;
• a tongue movably connected to the safety belt webbing and adapted to move along the safety belt webbing;
• and
• a belt holder engaged to the side lining and defining a cavity therebetween, the belt holder is arranged proximate to a floor of the vehicle, wherein
• a portion of the seat belt webbing extends between the belt holder and the side lining, and the belt holder is configured to removably hold a portion of the tongue inside the cavity, and
• wherein the side lining defines a step surface arranged between the floor of the vehicle and the belt holder, and the step surface defines a rut space, the rut space being laterally outward of the step surface, and the seat belt webbing extends downwardly, inside the rut space, from the belt holder.