A driving assistance apparatus to be mounted on a vehicle, comprising: an object detecting unit configured to detect an object outside the vehicle and acquire object information including a distance to the object; a vehicle speed detecting unit configured to detect a vehicle speed of the vehicle; and a processing unit configured to carry out driving assistance associated with an object based on the object information when the object has been detected by the object detecting unit, and suppress the driving assistance when the object has been detected by the object detecting unit and a predetermined condition that is changed based on the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detecting unit is satisfied, characterized in that the condition includes a first condition and a second condition, the first condition is that a distance that the vehicle has travelled in a state where the object has been detected by the object detecting unit exceeds a predetermined distance, the second condition is that a time during which the object has been detected by the object detecting unit exceeds a predetermined time, and the processing unit is configured to select the first condition when the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detecting unit is lower than or equal to a predetermined vehicle speed, and select the second condition when the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detecting unit exceeds the predetermined vehicle speed. an object detecting unit configured to detect an object outside the vehicle and acquire object information including a distance to the object; a vehicle speed detecting unit configured to detect a vehicle speed of the vehicle; and a processing unit configured to carry out driving assistance associated with an object based on the object information when the object has been detected by the object detecting unit, and suppress the driving assistance when the object has been detected by the object detecting unit and a predetermined condition that is changed based on the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detecting unit is satisfied, characterized in that carry out driving assistance associated with an object based on the object information when the object has been detected by the object detecting unit, and suppress the driving assistance when the object has been detected by the object detecting unit and a predetermined condition that is changed based on the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detecting unit is satisfied, characterized in that the condition includes a first condition and a second condition, the first condition is that a distance that the vehicle has travelled in a state where the object has been detected by the object detecting unit exceeds a predetermined distance, the second condition is that a time during which the object has been detected by the object detecting unit exceeds a predetermined time, and the processing unit is configured to select the first condition when the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detecting unit is lower than or equal to a predetermined vehicle speed, and select the second condition when the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detecting unit exceeds the predetermined vehicle speed.