VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM

To suppress unnecessary operation of PCS control, provided is a vehicle control device comprising a detection unit for detecting an object located in diagonally forward of an own vehicle as a diagonally forward object; and an ECU including at least one processor. The ECU programmed to execute a collision avoidance control for avoiding a collision between own vehicle and one moving object detected as the diagonally forward object by the detection unit or reducing damage to the collision when the one moving object detected as the diagonally forward object satisfies a predetermined collision condition. The ECU programmed to suppress the collision avoidance control based on the one moving object when the other moving object or a stationary object is detected within a predetermined area in the vicinity of the one moving object by the detecting unit.