DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS

A driving assistance apparatus can execute deceleration assistance of decelerating a host vehicle independently of an operation by a driver. The driving assistance apparatus is provided with: an acquirer configured to obtain surrounding information associated with a surrounding situation of the host vehicle; and a controller programmed to reduce a deceleration assistance amount associated with the deceleration assistance when execution of the deceleration assistance is released. The controller is programmed to quickly reduce the deceleration assistance amount when execution of the deceleration assistance is released, if a surrounding situation indicated by the obtained surrounding information is a first situation in which the host vehicle can be required to accelerate, in comparison with a second situation in which the host vehicle cannot be required to accelerate.