Matching programs are activated by a plurality of calculation units. A vehicle control device that controls a vehicle includes a plurality of calculation units that execute calculation processing for vehicle control; and a plurality of program storage areas that store a plurality of programs in which a procedure of the calculation processing is defined, wherein a main calculation unit includes a main program activation unit that activates one main program from the plurality of main programs, and a sub-calculation unit includes a sub-program selection unit that selects a sub-program to be activated by the sub-calculation unit based on an activation result of the main program activation unit, and a sub-program activation unit that activates one sub-program based on a selection result of the sub-program selection unit.