VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM

A vehicle control device controls travel of a vehicle by performing state transition for a plurality of control states having different driving assistance levels based on vehicle surrounding information. The vehicle control device comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire the vehicle surrounding information; and a control unit configured to control the state transition and braking operation of the vehicle based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit, wherein, based on the information, the control unit is configured to transition from a first control state set for travel of the vehicle to a second control state with a lower driving assistance level in a case where it is determined that another vehicle is crossing a lane line in front of the vehicle in a lane where the vehicle is traveling.