Provided is a travel control device (100) for executing an object information acquisition function for acquiring object information including the position of an avoidance object to be avoided by an automobile (V1), a setting function for setting a target route for the automobile (V1) in accordance with the position of the avoidance object so that the avoidance object is avoided, and a control function for outputting command information for causing the automobile (V1) to travel on the target route. In the setting function, a plurality of avoidance objects positioned a predetermined distance or less from an automobile (V1) and present in the same lane adjacent to the lane in which the automobile travels are specified as an avoidance object group, and a transverse position in the target route in the width direction of a road on which the automobile (V1) is traveling is set so that the avoidance object group is avoided on the basis of the position of an avoidance object satisfying a predetermined condition among the avoidance objects constituting the avoidance object group.