VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS

The present invention provides a vehicle control apparatus capable of determining an oscillating motion with no or less delay. The vehicle control apparatus includes a vehicle behavior detection sensor configured to detect a behavior acting on a vehicle, a vehicle behavior reference value calculation unit configured to calculate a reference value of the behavior of the vehicle, based on an output value of another sensor than the vehicle behavior detection sensor, and an oscillating detection unit configured to compare the output value of the sensor and the reference value and detect that a trailer towed by a towing vehicle has an oscillating motion, based on a magnitude of an amplitude of the output value relative to an amplitude of the reference value.