Patent ID: 7884704

Claim:
A body structure having a side-collision detection sensor configured to include: a side door that opens and closes a door open portion in a vehicle body side portion; a rocker disposed along a vehicle anteroposterior direction on a lower edge of the door open portion; and a pillar that rises toward a vehicle upper side from a predetermined position in a longitudinal direction of the rocker, with a side-collision detection sensor that detects a side-collision state from an acceleration being attached at a predetermined position on a lower portion of the pillar, wherein a impact transmission member that projects a predetermined length in a vehicle width direction and transmits impact during a side-collision to the side-collision detection sensor is disposed on at least one of a vehicle width direction outer side of a site corresponding to a side region of a seated passenger in the longitudinal direction of the rocker and an inner side of an outer cover member that covers an outer side portion of the rocker.