VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

The present disclosure provides a vehicle control device capable of improving safety of a vehicle. A vehicle control device according to the present disclosure includes a target speed calculation unit that calculates a target speed of a vehicle. The target speed calculation unit includes a first speed calculation unit a second speed calculation unit and a target speed setting unit The first speed calculation unit calculates, by using a friction coefficient of a road surface and a route length of a target route to an outer edge of a sensing range of an external environment sensor of the vehicle, a first speed at which the vehicle can stop at a stop position before the outer edge. The second speed calculation unit calculates, by using a curvature radius of the target route of the vehicle and the friction coefficient, a second speed at which the vehicle can follow the target route. The target speed setting unit selects the minimum speed of the first speed and the second speed, and sets the minimum speed as the target speed.