Driving assistance apparatus

A driving assistance apparatus configured to execute a deceleration assistance control of assisting in decelerating a vehicle, when there is a deceleration target ahead of the vehicle in a course thereof, said driving assistance apparatus comprising:

• an external information recognition device configured to recognize a surrounding situation of the vehicle;
• and
• a controller programed to execute the deceleration assistance control when a predetermined condition is satisfied, wherein
• said controller is programmed to suppress execution of the deceleration assistance control when a road as the recognized surrounding situation has a downgrade, in comparison with a situation in which the road does not have a downgrade,
• wherein when the road has a downgrade, said controller is programmed to suppress the execution of the deceleration assistance control by (i) increasing a period from a time point at which satisfying the predetermined condition to a time point at which starting the deceleration assistance control and/or (ii) making it difficult to satisfy the predetermined condition, in comparison with the situation in which the road does not have a downgrade.