Patent ID: 8459724

Claim:
A utility vehicle comprising: a vehicle body including a main frame to which an engine is mounted, a seat mounted to the main frame, and an entrance through which a user, to be seated on the seat, gets into and out of the vehicle; and a door including a door body for opening and closing a first portion of the entrance, a hinge for coupling the door body to the vehicle body such that the door body is rotatable around the hinge, and a latch device for retaining the door body in a state where the door body closes the first portion of the entrance, wherein: the latch device including a striker member mounted to the vehicle body to protrude outward in a vehicle width direction, a latch member attached to the door body and actuated to switch between a first state where the latch member engages with the striker member and a second state where the latch member disengages from the striker member, and an operation member attached to the door body to operate the latch member; and the operation member being positioned on an outer surface of the door body in the vehicle width direction such that a lower end portion of the operation member is rotatable outward in the vehicle width direction around a rotary shaft, and the latch member is switched from the first state to the second state responsive to rotation of the lower end portion of the operation member outward in the vehicle width direction; and a second portion of the entrance located above the door body, where the second portion of the entrance includes an opening portion that would allow a user seated on the seat to extend a hand from an inward space of the door body to an outward space of the door body.