Automatic parking system

An automatic parking system comprising:

• a monitoring device configured to monitor a parking space and a path in a parking lot;
• an automatic drive unit configured to perform an automatic drive control for a vehicle in the parking lot to move from a current position to a predetermined target position in the parking lot based on a monitoring result of the monitoring device;
• and
• a contact determination unit configured to perform a contact determination between the vehicle in the automatic drive control and an obstacle, based on the monitoring result or a detection result of a sensor mounted in the vehicle,
• wherein, in a case where the contact determination is performed by the contact determination unit, the automatic drive unit causes the vehicle to stop, and
• wherein, after the vehicle stops, the automatic drive unit causes the vehicle to move to a removal position and to be parked using the automatic drive control, and the removal position is determined based on the monitoring result or the detection result.