A vehicle control method comprising: detecting a position of a stationary object on a road on which a host vehicle is traveling; detecting a velocity of the host vehicle ; detecting a position and a velocity of an oncoming vehicle traveling in a direction opposite to a traveling direction of the host vehicle in an oncoming lane adjacent to a traveling lane in which the host vehicle is traveling; setting a virtual switch line extending in a lane width direction in the oncoming lane at a position distant from the stationary object by a predetermined distance in the traveling direction of the host vehicle ; setting a virtual stop line in the traveling lane at a position distant from the stationary object by a predetermined distance in a traveling direction of the oncoming vehicle; setting a region (R) on the road defined between the switch line and the stop line so as to include the switch line and the stop line ; and calculating a passing position at which the host vehicle and the oncoming vehicle pass each other in accordance with the velocity of the host vehicle and the position and the velocity of the oncoming vehicle; characterized by causing the host vehicle to decelerate when the position of the oncoming vehicle is located in front of the switch line in the traveling direction of the host vehicle as viewed from the host vehicle , and the velocity of the oncoming vehicle is increased in a case in which the passing position is present within the region (R); and causing the host vehicle to keep the velocity or accelerate when the position of the oncoming vehicle is located in front of the switch line in the traveling direction of the host vehicle as viewed from the host vehicle , and the velocity of the oncoming vehicle is not increased in the case in which the passing position is present within the region (R). detecting a position of a stationary object on a road on which a host vehicle is traveling; detecting a velocity of the host vehicle ; detecting a position and a velocity of an oncoming vehicle traveling in a direction opposite to a traveling direction of the host vehicle in an oncoming lane adjacent to a traveling lane in which the host vehicle is traveling; setting a virtual switch line extending in a lane width direction in the oncoming lane at a position distant from the stationary object by a predetermined distance in the traveling direction of the host vehicle ; setting a virtual stop line in the traveling lane at a position distant from the stationary object by a predetermined distance in a traveling direction of the oncoming vehicle; setting a region (R) on the road defined between the switch line and the stop line so as to include the switch line and the stop line ; and calculating a passing position at which the host vehicle and the oncoming vehicle pass each other in accordance with the velocity of the host vehicle and the position and the velocity of the oncoming vehicle; characterized by causing the host vehicle to decelerate when the position of the oncoming vehicle is located in front of the switch line in the traveling direction of the host vehicle as viewed from the host vehicle , and the velocity of the oncoming vehicle is increased in a case in which the passing position is present within the region (R); and causing the host vehicle to keep the velocity or accelerate when the position of the oncoming vehicle is located in front of the switch line in the traveling direction of the host vehicle as viewed from the host vehicle , and the velocity of the oncoming vehicle is not increased in the case in which the passing position is present within the region (R). <EOS>