VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

A vehicle control method and apparatus, a device and a computer-readable storage medium. The vehicle control method comprises: collecting traffic flow information within a preset distance range of a target vehicle, the traffic flow information at least comprising traffic flow information of a first lane where the target vehicle is located and an adjacent second lane; according to the traffic flow information, determining traffic conditions of the first lane and the second lane; when the traffic conditions are that the first lane is in a congested state and the second lane is in a smooth state, according to the traffic flow information, identifying a vehicle ahead and a vehicle behind in the second lane that are close to the target vehicle; acquiring a first longitudinal distance between the vehicle ahead and the target vehicle, and acquiring a second longitudinal distance between the vehicle behind and the target vehicle; and when the first longitudinal distance and the second longitudinal distance are both g