VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

A vehicle control device having: a deceleration detection unit that detects deceleration of a vehicle T; a vehicle stop schedule identification unit that identifies that the vehicle T is scheduled to stop; a brake control unit 123 that starts to reduce brake pressure when the speed of the vehicle T has dropped to or below a threshold value; and a threshold value determination unit that determines the threshold value such that the threshold value increases the greater the deceleration detected by the deceleration detection unit after the vehicle stop schedule identification unit has identified that the vehicle T is scheduled to stop.