Side vehicle-body structure of automotive vehicle

A side vehicle-body structure of an automotive vehicle, in which a wheel is configured to be displaced outward relative to a side sill when a support member which supports the wheel at a vehicle body swings rearward in a vehicle collision, the side vehicle-body structure comprising:

• a side sill inner forming an inward-side member of the side sill, the side sill inner being configured to have a corner portion extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction which is formed by an upper side portion and a vertical side portion thereof, the corner portion of the side sill inner forming a side-sill-inner upper ridgeline extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction;
• a cross member provided to extend in the vehicle width direction and connecting to a portion of the side sill inner at an outward-side end thereof;
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• a reinforcement provided at an upper portion of an outward side face, in a vehicle width direction, of the side sill inner along the corner portion of the side sill inner,
• wherein said reinforcement is configured to have a corner portion corresponding to the corner portion of the side sill inner, the corner portion of the reinforcement forming a reinforcement ridgeline extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and
• said reinforcement is provided such that the reinforcement ridgeline formed at the corner portion of the reinforcement and the side-sill-inner upper ridgeline formed at the corner portion of the side sill inner overlap with each other over a range from a specified area where the wheel outward displaced in the vehicle collision is capable of contacting the side sill to a connection portion where said cross member connects to the side sill inner.