Patent ID: 8915537

Claim:
A vehicle body structure comprising: a first impact absorbing unit that is provided at a rear end of a rear side member of a vehicle; and a second impact absorbing unit that is provided at a rear side of the vehicle, the second impact absorbing unit includes a side face that faces a front side of the vehicle, wherein the second impact absorbing unit is disposed at a position different from a position of the first impact absorbing unit and is spaced apart from the first impact absorbing unit in a vertical direction of the vehicle, a load transmitting member, which transmits a load applied to the second impact absorbing unit to the rear side member, is connected to the rear side member, the load transmitting member is disposed in front of the entire side face of the second and first impact absorbing units in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle in a direction of the front side of the vehicle as viewed from the vehicle width direction, and is disposed so as to face the second impact absorbing unit in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle at a position overlapping the rear side member as viewed from the vertical direction of the vehicle, the load transmitting member is provided in a trunk of the vehicle and is connected to the rear side member with a floor panel interposed between the rear side member and the load transmitting member, the second impact absorbing unit is a crash box, and the load transmitting member receives a load applied from the second impact absorbing unit since the load transmitting member faces the crash box, which is the second impact absorbing unit.