A vehicle brake device includes: a braking-operation detecting circuit for detecting an amount of the braking operation given by a driver; a driver condition detecting circuit 4 for detecting driving conditions of the driver; a braking-condition determining circuit for determining whether the vehicle is in emergency or not on the basis of the driving conditions detected by the driver condition detecting circuit; and a braking-force control circuit for control a braking force of the vehicle in accordance with the determination by the braking-condition determining circuit and the braking-operation amount detected by the braking-operation detecting circuit 2.