VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

A vehicle control device includes: an in-vehicle sensor information acquisition unit; a roadside sensor information acquisition unit; a vehicle position information acquisition unit; a map information acquisition unit; an obstacle information generation unit that generates obstacle information including information of at least one of a position, a size and a speed of the obstacle and information of a type of the obstacle, on the basis of the in-vehicle sensor information, the roadside sensor information and the vehicle position information; and an obstacle responsive control unit that determines whether or not to execute obstacle responsive control, on the basis of the obstacle information and an obstacle-presence possibility list for respective types of obstacles, and then, when determined to execute the obstacle responsive control, controls the vehicle in response to the obstacle.