This application discloses a communication method and a communications apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a mobility management network element, a registration request message from a terminal, where the registration request message is used to request a vehicle-to-everything V2X configuration parameter for the terminal, and the V2X configuration parameter is used by the terminal to perform a V2X service; sending, by the mobility management network element, a parameter request message to a V2X parameter configuration network element based on the registration request message, where the parameter request message is used to request the V2X configuration parameter of the terminal from the V2X parameter configuration network element; and receiving, by the mobility management network element, the V2X configuration parameter from the V2X parameter configuration network element, and sending the V2X configuration parameter to the terminal. Use of this application helps improve security of the V2X service.