VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD FOR ONE-PEDAL DRIVING ASSISTANCE

A vehicle control method for one-pedal driving assistance including a process capable of accurately determining whether a traveling road is in a congested section in a proximity distance control start condition in a vehicle that enables one-pedal driving is provided. The vehicle control method includes including collecting, by a controller in a host vehicle having a one-pedal driving system, information on peripheral vehicles positioned, on a traveling road, in front of and behind the host vehicle and connected by a connected car system and information on a preceding vehicle positioned in front of each of the peripheral vehicles. The vehicle control method also includes determining, by the controller, whether the host vehicle is positioned in a congested section based on the information on the peripheral vehicles and the information on the preceding vehicle with respect to each of the peripheral vehicles.