Vehicle control device, vehicle control method, and storage medium

A vehicle control device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a physical object in the vicinity of a host vehicle, a predictor configured to predict that a crossing vehicle will have a prescribed speed or less in a host vehicle lane in which the host vehicle is present on the basis of a state of an oncoming vehicle when the crossing vehicle whose traveling direction is a direction crossing a traveling direction of the host vehicle and the oncoming vehicle with respect to the host vehicle approach a future arrival point of the host vehicle, and a driving controller configured to perform avoidance control for causing the host vehicle to avoid approaching the crossing vehicle by controlling at least one of speed and steering of the host vehicle when the crossing vehicle will have the prescribed speed or less in the host vehicle lane.