Vehicle-body structure of vehicle

A vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, comprising:

• a windshield;
• a cowl panel supporting the windshield from a downward side;
• and
• a dash panel supporting the cowl panel from the downward side,
• wherein said cowl panel comprises an upper face portion where said windshield is joined, a forward protrusion portion which extends downwardly from the upper face portion, protruding forwardly, a rearward protrusion portion which extends downwardly from a lower end of the forward protrusion portion, protruding rearwardly, and a lower face portion which extends forwardly from a lower end of the rearward protrusion portion, and
• a reinforcing member which is positioned on a forward side of said cowl panel and joined to said forward protrusion portion and said lower face portion is provided, said reinforcing member comprises a straight portion which substantially straightly extends downwardly from a joint part where the reinforcing member is joined to said forward protrusion portion, and said straight portion is provided with a fragile part which is configured to be relatively fragile, compared to a peripheral portion, in a vertical direction, of the reinforcing member.