Autonomous Travel System for Work Vehicle

This autonomous travel system for a work vehicle is provided with an autonomous travel control unit. The autonomous travel control unit is capable of using a positioning system to cause a work vehicle to travel autonomously along a travel path including a turning path and a work path in which work is performed by a work unit. The work vehicle is provided with a vehicle speed control unit for controlling the vehicle speed and a vehicle speed operation unit for manipulating the vehicle speed. The vehicle speed control unit is capable of executing vehicle speed maintenance control in which even when operating force applied to the vehicle speed operation unit is released, the vehicle speed of the work vehicle corresponding to the operating position of the vehicle speed operation unit prior to release is maintained. The autonomous travel control unit allows vehicle speed maintenance control by the vehicle speed control unit when the work vehicle is being made to travel autonomously along the work path and prohibits vehicle speed maintenance control by the vehicle speed control unit when the work vehicle is being made to travel autonomously along the turning path.