An airbag control apparatus has an acceleration detecting section 11 for detecting acceleration in the longitudinal direction and lateral direction of a vehicle 1; a collision decision section 12 for making a decision about a frontal collision and side-impact collision of the vehicle in response to the detection outputs of the acceleration detecting section 11; and a driving section 13 for inflating airbags 14 mounted in the front or sides of the vehicle in response to the decision output of the collision decision section 12. The collision decision section suppresses the decision about the side-impact collision in accordance with collision information in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle contained in the detection outputs of the acceleration detecting section.
