A vehicle control device comprising: automatic driving control means for controlling automatic driving of a vehicle; and map information holding means for holding a detailed map including traveling lane information, wherein, in a case where a section of a travel route in which travelling is performed automatically and in which a detailed map with the latest version number that is not the detailed map held in the map information holding means is not usable in a traveling scheduled route, the automatic driving control means continues to perform the automatic driving until reaching to a start point of the section of this travel route, using the detailed map held in the map information holding means ; wherein, in the section of the travel route in which the new detailed map with the latest version number is not usable, the automatic driving control means continues to perform the automatic driving in a range from the start point of the section of this travel route to an end point of a lane maintaining available section in which traveling is performed while the lane is maintained; characterized in that the automatic driving control means searches for a point, where a traveling lane is designated in the section of the travel route, by referring to the detailed map held in the map information holding means , in a case when the new detailed map with the latest version number is not usable for the section of the travel route detected on the traveling scheduled route during the automatic driving, and in a case where said point is obtained during the searching, the automatic driving control means sets said point, which the vehicle would reach first, as the end point of the lane maintaining available section of the travel route. automatic driving control means for controlling automatic driving of a vehicle; and map information holding means for holding a detailed map including traveling lane information, wherein, in a case where a section of a travel route in which travelling is performed automatically and in which a detailed map with the latest version number that is not the detailed map held in the map information holding means is not usable in a traveling scheduled route, the automatic driving control means continues to perform the automatic driving until reaching to a start point of the section of this travel route, using the detailed map held in the map information holding means ; wherein, in the section of the travel route in which the new detailed map with the latest version number is not usable, the automatic driving control means continues to perform the automatic driving in a range from the start point of the section of this travel route to an end point of a lane maintaining available section in which traveling is performed while the lane is maintained; characterized in that the automatic driving control means searches for a point, where a traveling lane is designated in the section of the travel route, by referring to the detailed map held in the map information holding means , in a case when the new detailed map with the latest version number is not usable for the section of the travel route detected on the traveling scheduled route during the automatic driving, and in a case where said point is obtained during the searching, the automatic driving control means sets said point, which the vehicle would reach first, as the end point of the lane maintaining available section of the travel route. <EOS>