VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS

The present invention provides a vehicle control apparatus which allows a vehicle to safely negotiate a bump smoothly without feeling unusual to the driver of the vehicle. This vehicle control apparatus is characterized by comprising: a strain sensor output value acquisition unit that acquires the output value of a strain sensor () mounted to a drive shaft () for driving wheels (); and a vehicle behavior detection unit that detects when the wheels () start moving on the basis of when the output value of the strain sensor decreases from the value when the wheels () are in the stopped state.