A vehicle control apparatus for a vehicle provided with a power source, an accelerator pedal, and a brake pedal, the vehicle control apparatus comprising: an accelerator detection unit for detecting a depression of the accelerator pedal; a brake detection unit for detecting a depression of the brake pedal; a permission condition determination unit for determining that a control permission condition is established when the depression of the accelerator pedal is detected by the accelerator detection unit, and the depression of the brake pedal is detected by the brake detection unit; and an output control unit for executing a reduction control to reduce a driving force to be outputted by the power source when the control permission condition established is determined by the permission condition determination unit; the vehicle control apparatus being characterized in that the vehicle control apparatus further comprises a bad road travel determination unit for determining whether or not the vehicle is travelling on a bad road, and a driving force distribution device for distributing the driving force to a plurality of vehicle wheels, and in that the bad road travel determination unit is operative to determine whether or not the vehicle is travelling on the bad road in accordance with a distribution state of the driving force performed by the driving force distribution device, and the permission condition determination unit is operative to determine that the control permission condition is not established, and to prohibit the output control unit from executing the reduction control when the bad road travel determination unit determines that the vehicle is travelling on a bad road. an accelerator detection unit for detecting a depression of the accelerator pedal; a brake detection unit for detecting a depression of the brake pedal; a permission condition determination unit for determining that a control permission condition is established when the depression of the accelerator pedal is detected by the accelerator detection unit, and the depression of the brake pedal is detected by the brake detection unit; and an output control unit for executing a reduction control to reduce a driving force to be outputted by the power source when the control permission condition established is determined by the permission condition determination unit; the vehicle control apparatus being characterized in that the vehicle control apparatus further comprises a bad road travel determination unit for determining whether or not the vehicle is travelling on a bad road, and a driving force distribution device for distributing the driving force to a plurality of vehicle wheels, and in that the bad road travel determination unit is operative to determine whether or not the vehicle is travelling on the bad road in accordance with a distribution state of the driving force performed by the driving force distribution device, and the permission condition determination unit is operative to determine that the control permission condition is not established, and to prohibit the output control unit from executing the reduction control when the bad road travel determination unit determines that the vehicle is travelling on a bad road.