An opening/closing controlling apparatus of the present invention has an
automatic opening/closing mechanism for automatically opening and closing
an opening/closing object such as a door; a collision detecting sensor
for detecting a collision of a vehicle; a time measuring device for
measuring a time from a time when the collision detecting sensor detects
a collision of the vehicle; and an opening/closing controller for
prohibiting automatic opening/closing of the opening/closing object from
the time of the collision of the vehicle and for permitting the automatic
opening/closing by the automatic opening/closing mechanism after passage
of a predetermined time since the collision. The present invention
successfully achieves high reliability in the event of a vehicle
accident.