A vehicle allocation processing apparatus with a rationalized vehicle
allocation processing is provided. A server communication section (53)
acquires driving status information concerning driving states of vehicles
from vehicle communication terminals mounted on the vehicles. A vehicle
information storage (552) stores the acquired driving status information
and vehicle information concerning the vehicles, linked to each other.
The server communication section (53) acquires customer delivery position
information concerning a delivery position requested by a customer, and
vehicle allocation request information concerning a vehicle requested by
the customer and including customer destination information concerning a
destination of the customer. An allocable vehicle searching section (543)
searches for allocable vehicles, based on the acquired vehicle allocation
request information and the stored vehicle information and driving status
information. A vehicle allocation processor (545) transmits the acquired
vehicle allocation request information to vehicle communication terminals
(4) of the allocable vehicles, to suggest allocation to the allocable
vehicles.