The invention relates to a highway illegal parking detection method, belonging to the technical field of image processing. According to the method, firstly, a highway in an area is subjected to video sequence extraction and code identification, and a high speed road video sequence information base is established; secondly, the road video sequence image processing is carried out, a moving vehicle license plate is extracted and the center of mass of a vehicle is calibrated, the distance from the center of mass of the vehicle to a highway initial position in the area is recorded, and a vehicle real-time position information base is established and stored; then a driving vehicle is subjected to tracking calibration, the change rate of the vehicle to the initial position in the video sequence is judged, a vehicle driving state is judged, and the illegal parking time of the vehicle is calculated; and finally an illegal parking warning is emitted according to the illegal parking time length of the vehicle at the highway. According to the method, a designated road can be subjected to real-time monitoring, vehicle illegal parking can be timely found, potential traffic accidents can be avoided, the accuracy of illegal parking early warning is greatly raised, and the consumption of manpower resources is reduced.