Vehicle control device

A vehicle control method comprising:

• after actuating an airbag device including an airbag that is inflated and deployed from a state of being stowed in a headrest or a seatback of a vehicle seat on receiving gas supplied by an inflator, the airbag being configured as an integral bag body for surrounding a head of an occupant with a front deployment section including a front inflation section that is inflated and deployed in front of a seat corresponding to the head and at least one of shoulders or a chest of the occupant, and a left and right pair of lateral deployment sections including lateral inflation sections that are connected to the front deployment section and are inflated and deployed at sides of the head of the occupant, executing a drive-to-refuge mode in which driving of a power unit of a vehicle and steering of a steering system are controlled and the vehicle is driven to take refuge at a road shoulder.

A non-transitory recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a vehicle control process, the process comprising:

• after actuating an airbag device including an airbag that is inflated and deployed from a state of being stowed in a headrest or a seatback of a vehicle seat on receiving gas supplied by an inflator, the airbag being configured as an integral bag body for surrounding a head of an occupant with a front deployment section including a front inflation section that is inflated and deployed in front of a seat corresponding to the head and at least one of shoulders or a chest of the occupant, and a left and right pair of lateral deployment sections including lateral inflation sections that are connected to the front deployment section and are inflated and deployed at sides of the head of the occupant, executing a drive-to-refuge mode in which driving of a power unit of a vehicle and steering of a steering system are controlled and the vehicle is driven to take refuge at a road shoulder.