Vehicle control apparatus

A vehicle control apparatus comprising an electronic control unit which controls:

• a collision risk reduction system which executes a collision risk reduction control to reduce a collision risk between a host vehicle and an object existing within a predetermined range in a traveling direction of the host vehicle;
• and
• a skid prevention system which executes a skid prevention control to prevent skidding of the host vehicle,
• wherein the electronic control unit is configured to execute the collision risk reduction control when a collision condition that the collision risk between the host vehicle and the object is at or above a predetermined level is satisfied and execution of the collision risk reduction control is permitted, and
• wherein the electronic control unit is configured to:
• acquire a curvature degree of a travel trajectory of the host vehicle as a travel trajectory curvature degree;
• permit execution of the collision risk reduction control when the skid prevention system is deactivated by a driver of the host vehicle and the travel trajectory curvature degree is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold;
• and
• avoid permitting execution of the collision risk reduction control when the skid prevention system is deactivated by the driver and the travel trajectory curvature degree is greater than the predetermined threshold.