white line detection apparatus 1 of the present invention, the white line detection area and the road surface detection area a local area brightness detecting section 22 for detecting the brightness by the white line detection filter set to a localized area on the road surface image having a white area luminance analyzer 23 for calculating a statistical value of the luminance distribution in the white line detection area, a road surface detection area and a road surface area luminance analyzer 24 for calculating a statistical value of the luminance distribution, a separation degree evaluation unit 25 for calculating a degree of separation that is calculated by using a statistical value of the luminance distribution for each pixel of the road surface image at.
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