A driving assistance apparatus that assists driving of a vehicle , the driving assistance apparatus comprising: an outside world information acquiring unit that acquires outside world information on surroundings of an own vehicle ; a vehicle position detecting unit that detects a position of the own vehicle ; a movement route calculating unit that calculates a movement route (GP21) when the own vehicle moves in a predetermined direction by automatic driving from a vehicle stop state in a parking slot (P1-P6); and a safety confirmation position determining unit that determines a safety confirmation position present on the movement route (GP21) calculated by the movement route calculating unit on a basis of the outside world information acquired by the outside world information acquiring unit and the position of the own vehicle acquired by the vehicle position detecting unit , the safety confirmation position being a position at which a driver can visually confirm a surrounding traveling environment, wherein the driving assistance apparatus reduces a speed of the own vehicle to a predetermined speed or less so that the driver can visually confirm the surrounding traveling environment at the safety confirmation position ; wherein the safety confirmation position determining unit determines the safety confirmation position so that an amount of the own vehicle projecting in a traveling direction of the own vehicle from an obstacle with a greater influence on visibility for safety confirmation among adjacent obstacles is a certain value; and wherein the certain value is a fixed value based on a distance from a tip of the own vehicle to a position of the driver sitting in a driver's seat of the own vehicle, or a variable value that is calculated dynamically on the basis of a detection signal of a human sensor that detects the presence or absence of the driver in the own vehicle. an outside world information acquiring unit that acquires outside world information on surroundings of an own vehicle ; a vehicle position detecting unit that detects a position of the own vehicle ; a movement route calculating unit that calculates a movement route (GP21) when the own vehicle moves in a predetermined direction by automatic driving from a vehicle stop state in a parking slot (P1-P6); and a safety confirmation position determining unit that determines a safety confirmation position present on the movement route (GP21) calculated by the movement route calculating unit on a basis of the outside world information acquired by the outside world information acquiring unit and the position of the own vehicle acquired by the vehicle position detecting unit , the safety confirmation position being a position at which a driver can visually confirm a surrounding traveling environment, wherein the driving assistance apparatus reduces a speed of the own vehicle to a predetermined speed or less so that the driver can visually confirm the surrounding traveling environment at the safety confirmation position ; wherein the safety confirmation position determining unit determines the safety confirmation position so that an amount of the own vehicle projecting in a traveling direction of the own vehicle from an obstacle with a greater influence on visibility for safety confirmation among adjacent obstacles is a certain value; and wherein the certain value is a fixed value based on a distance from a tip of the own vehicle to a position of the driver sitting in a driver's seat of the own vehicle, or a variable value that is calculated dynamically on the basis of a detection signal of a human sensor that detects the presence or absence of the driver in the own vehicle. <EOS>