An automotive radar device that can securely detect dirt adhering to the
surface of a vehicle-side radome irrespective of the positional relation
between the vehicle-side radome and a radar. The automotive radar device
has a radio-type radar housed in a vehicle-side radome installed on a
vehicle, the radio-type radar including a transmitting unit and a
receiving unit. The automotive radar device sends and receives radio
waves from the radar through the vehicle-side radome and measures
distance and relative velocity with respect to a subject. The automotive
radar device includes a guiding unit that is arranged between the
vehicle-side radome and the radar and that guides a reflected wave from
adhering matter on a surface of the vehicle-side radome to the receiving
unit of the radar, and an adhering matter judging unit that judges the
existence/non-existence of the adhering matter on the surface of the
vehicle-side radome on the basis of signal level of the reflected wave
received by the receiving unit.