Vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

A vehicle control method executed by a computer, the method comprising:

• recognizing an obstacle around a vehicle based on a signal from a radar;
• detecting acceleration of the vehicle based on a signal from an acceleration sensor;
• determining a possibility of collision between the obstacle and the vehicle;
• deploying an airbag provided in the vehicle when the acceleration is equal to or greater than a deployment threshold;
• and
• lowering the deployment threshold when a time period during which the obstacle is continuously detected is equal to or longer than a capture threshold and the possibility of the collision between the obstacle and the vehicle is determined to be present.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a control program, wherein the control program, when executed by a computer, executes a vehicle control method, comprising:

• recognizing an obstacle around a vehicle based on a signal from a radar;
• detecting acceleration of the vehicle based on a signal from an acceleration sensor;
• determining a possibility of collision between the obstacle and the vehicle;
• deploying an airbag provided in the vehicle when the acceleration is equal to or greater than a deployment threshold;
• and
• lowering the deployment threshold when a time period during which the obstacle is continuously detected is equal to or longer than a capture threshold and the possibility of the collision between the obstacle and the vehicle is determined to be present.