Vehicle door lock device

The utility model provides a vehicle door lock device, which prevents a door from switching to a locked state when the door is subjected to external impact. The vehicle door lock device is configured such that a lock switching component movable between an unlock position at which latch release operation force is transmitted from a door handle to a latch mechanism and a lock position at which the latch release operation force is not transmitted and a key cylinder of a door are coupled by a rotating shaft, a first key operation transmitting component and a second key operation transmitting component, the lock switching component is switchable between the lock position and the unlock position by key operation force on the key cylinder, and when the first key operation transmitting component, together with the rotating shaft, moves closer to a vehicle interior by an impact from outside the door of the vehicle, the coupling between the first key operation transmitting component and the second key operation transmitting component is released.