VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

In a vehicle control device, detection of an object around a vehicle is performed, when it is determined that there is a possibility that the vehicle may collide with the object, whether or not a collision can be avoided by braking control of the vehicle is determined, and when it is determined that a collision cannot be avoided by the braking control, steering and braking control to avoid a collision by both steering of the vehicle and braking of the vehicle is performed and at the same time, flashing of a direction indicator is started, and when the vehicle has stopped, flashing of hazard flashing indicators is performed.