The invention discloses a power distribution network overvoltage fault type intelligent identification method and a fault identification unit, and belongs to the technical field of overvoltage fault identification. A power distribution network overvoltage fault type intelligent identification method comprises the following steps: establishing a single-phase arc light grounding fault simulation model of a neutral ungrounded system based on a Cassie arc model, and simulating to obtain a three-phase voltage and current oscillogram before and after single-phase grounding before and after a fault; by collecting three-phase voltage, open triangular voltage and primary side neutral point current of a voltage transformer, 11 fault types of metal grounding, arc grounding, medium resistance grounding, high resistance grounding, under/overvoltage, PT disconnection and resonance of different frequencies are identified, the fault type of the system is judged, early warning and suppression are carried out on the degree of harm, and the system reliability is improved. And a movable fault type intelligent fault identification unit is established for the erected cable, so that the device is stable in movement and convenient to disassemble, and can move on the high-voltage cable to carry out multi-point detection so as to realize accurate identification of a fault position.