VEHICLE PASSENGER PROTECTING DEVICE

A vehicle passenger protecting device includes: a side airbag installed at least in a vehicle transverse direction outer side end portion of a headrest of a vehicle seat, and configured to, due to gas supplied at a time of a side collision, inflate and expand toward a vehicle front side at least at a vehicle transverse direction outer side of a head of a passenger seated on the vehicle seat; and a curtain airbag that is installed in at least a roof side rail of the vehicle, and that inflates and expands toward a vehicle lower side due to gas being supplied thereto at a time of a side collision of the vehicle. The side airbag for a head is configured so as to inflate and expand only in a case in which a seatback of the vehicle seat has been reclined by a predetermined angle or more.