A vehicle recognition device 1 has a characteristic region identifying unit 5 that identifies two characteristic regions 9 arranged in a horizontal direction in an image 6 from an imaging unit 2, and a region outer end identifying unit 10 that identities outer ends 11 in the horizontal direction of the two characteristic regions 9. The region outer end identifying unit 10 identifies a corrected outer end 15 in the case where the difference in width in the horizontal direction between the two characteristic regions 9 is not a predetermined value or less.