DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE

[Problem to be Solved]To improve an avoidance effect by taking the positions of vehicles ahead and vehicles in the rear into consideration when emergency avoidance control is activated.[Solution]In a driving control apparatus for a vehicle that has a function for performing automated in-lane driving by maintaining a set vehicle speed when there is no vehicle ahead in the vehicle's driving lane, and maintaining a set inter-vehicle distance when there is a vehicle ahead, and an EM function for performing emergency avoidance control including operation of an emergency brake when a collision with a vehicle ahead or an obstacle in front in the vehicle's driving lane is predicted, when the EM function is activated, a direction of avoidance steering is determined on the basis of a lateral position of the vehicle ahead or obstacle in the vehicle's driving lane and the avoidance steering is performed together with the emergency braking.