Braking control device and braking control method

A braking control method of a braking control device for automatically controlling a main braking device normally used to brake a host vehicle during travel and a second braking device used to maintain the host vehicle in a stopped state, the braking control method comprising:

• determining a slip degree;
• predicting a possibility that the host vehicle will slip based on the determined slip degree,
• switching from the main braking device to the second braking device when the host vehicle is placed in a stop holding state by the main braking device, and
• when switching from the main braking device to the second braking device, delaying a timing with which to start a reduction in a braking force of the main braking device, with respect to the timing with which to start the reduction in the braking force of the main braking device when a slip is not predicted, if the slip is predicted.