VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

A vehicle control device capable of executing automatic takeoff control for automatically starting a own vehicle, the vehicle control device comprising: an object body determination unit that determines whether or not an object body that is to cross a front side of the own vehicle has been detected while the own vehicle is stopped; and a vehicle control unit that executes headlight-flashing of the own vehicle and suspends automatic takeoff of the own vehicle when the object body is detected.